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Rocky Nook

The Leica M Photographer: Photographing with Leica's Legendary Rangefinder Cameras

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The book's ultimate goal is to ignite your passion for the kind of spontaneous, minimalist, and creative photography we admire in the works of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Joel Meyerowitz, and other great Leica photographers.This not a camera manual for the Leica M, nor is it a book that will teach you photography. Nevertheless, in Bertram Solcher's book you will learn a whole lot about your camera and how to use it, and about the art and craft of photography. This book contains a collection of illustrated essays that are meant to reveal the secrets of working with a rangefinder camera. To be more precise, with the best camera ever made. All Leica M model cameras, both analog and digital, use rangefinder technology. Because of its design, working with a Leica M requires a more methodical style of photography where the photographer must slow down and exercise attention and purpose. Using these cameras is both challenging and rewarding. With a Leica M, you can mingle discretely within your environment to capture candid, exciting, insightful images.Bertram Solcher, a professional Leica M photographer for over 35 years, demonstrates how to use this unique camera in a practical and effective way. Solcher's enthusiasm, substantial experience, and technical expertise will help you learn the skills necessary for creating masterful photographs with any Leica M camera. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rocky Nook


Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 15, 2015


Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 156 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1937538621


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 20


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.8 x 0.7 x 9.8 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #664,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #297 in Photography Equipment (Books) #467 in Digital Photography (Books) #506 in Photography Reference (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • It's LEICA!!
Format: Hardcover
Ah, more Leica history. Outdated and needing an update but all the writers of books on Leica seem to have passed and no one is updating the original work.
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2025 by none
    • Good set of general articles.
Format: Hardcover
More like an interesting series of articles on photography. Good photography, but not exceptional. If you want something on how to use a Leica M (what can you need to know that is not obvious?) this is not your book.
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2015 by Peter Wright
    • A personal memoir, not a useful reference
Format: Hardcover
Upside: a beautiful hardbound book of engaging physical dimensions with high-quality photo reproduction. A few useful insights and inspirations here and there (but too few). Downside: a meandering memoir of doubtful appeal to the Leica crowd featuring mostly amatuer tips and oft-mediocre images of uninteresting subjects, garish flash technique and lamentable, hyper-saturated blacks in B&W digital photography. In fairness, a few of the images are of artistic distinction. While the book is clearly a labor of love of the author's journey, the art of photography and the Leica experience, nothing can quite overcome its limitations. Not even the tie-in the Leica brand. Perhaps, a next book will vault into a truly compelling contribution to the unique aspects of rangefinder photography and its endless applications. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2025 by Alan Lekan
    • Soulful
Format: Kindle
Although this book is not specific to the M model it is a good testament about the company itself. I did not know that Leica specializes in street photography.
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2023 by Stephen brannon, jt
    • Not worth the read.
Format: Kindle
This book is more a diary than anything close to how to use a Leica M system. I barely learned from it. I was expecting more insights and tricks knowing that the photographer featured has 20 or so more years using a Leica M system. Not worth the buy. I wish I can return this. I felt robbed with this. Sadly. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2015 by Al.vi.n
    • Limited value
Format: Kindle
This little book would be more appropriately distributed as a Leica marketing brochure. Don't expect to come away with any more than a glimpse at the capabilities of a Leica M with 35, 50, and 75mm lenses. The quality of the images in the Kindle version are not very good (I have not seen the print version). It would be nice to have a link to the author's published portfolio to fully appreciate the points that he is trying to make. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2016 by AlbA11
    • Loved it
Format: Kindle
This is a book about photography - it's not a supplement for any Leica camera _ rather, the author explores photographic ideas in the context of Leica! Great job - I bought the Kindle version to read and after reading it, I want the printed version too. Excellent book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2015 by Kindle Customer
    • An interesting book.
Format: Hardcover
I like this book. It is a sort of how to book combined with a selection of photographs taken using the Leica M rangefinder system.
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2016 by Dennis

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