Is there a web site that gives comprehensive specs on all the R + M products past and present ?

thanks, stuart

-- stuart babcock (stubab@camcomp.com), May 22, 2002

Answers

For current Leica products there's no place like the Leica Camera website. There you can find lots of PDF files of the current products.

For past products I don't know if there is a (are) website(s). If you can't find it online you can always ask here. There's a lot of knowledge here!

Tip: I don't know if Leica still issues the 'Handbook of the Leica System', I own two of those. An old one from october 1984 and a newer one from march 1992. These handbooks are catalogs ( illustrated in B&W ) of allthe then current Leica products containing comprehensive specs.

-- Bert Keuken (treb@operamail.com), May 22, 2002.

Stuart,

Outside of the current lenses and bodies, what are you looking for?

The stable of "ALL" Leica products is a pretty huge list as it dates from the 1920's. Just witness the size of the three Lager books at ~$100 each as evidence.

IMO, a good budget source of basic info on lenses and bodies is probably the two collectors books by Ghester Sartorius, $17.50 each. He lists each non-ultra-rare Leica body and lens since the 1920's and basic descriptions of each.

-- Skip Williams (skipwilliams@pobox.com), May 22, 2002.

for R, see http://www.willdightphoto.com/leica
It's not comprehensive (yet) but I'm working on it.

-- Douglas Herr (telyt@earthlink.net), May 22, 2002.

Let's try that again: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/leica

-- Douglas Herr (telyt@earthlink.net), May 22, 2002.

I have the latest issue of "Handbuch des Leica Systems" 2000/2001. It costs around $20.00USD and very thick and full of information about lens specifications, camera bodies, in fact, the whole product line. My version is in German, but I think that I saw one in English when I was in Solms last November. If it helps, here is the order number from inside my book (Bestell-Nr. 920 603)

The book is 12 chapters and is really more of a detailed catalog than a "book". It is much more comprehensive than the "Leica. The Program" catalog.

I hope this helps.

-- Reto (redcave@schweiz.com), May 24, 2002.