Book on b/w

[john_brewton]

Looking for book on taking b/w photography with Rangefinder camera.

[paul_neuthaler]

Take a look at BETTER PICTURE GUIDE TO BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY by Michael Busselle, published by RotoVision, Switzerland, distributed in US by Watson-Guptill,N.Y., 1998.

[bds1]

Magnum- the first 50 years

[tom_burke3]

There's a recent book by Roger Hicks on Rangefinder cameras - majors on Leica,

Voigtlander and some large-format direct vision cameras. It's not dedicated to b&w,

but there is good coverage.

 

Amazon will have it in their lists - do a search on Rangefinder & Hicks.

[furcafe]

Is there a difference between B&W RF & color RF photography?

[bob haight]

Chris, about as much as BW with an SLR and a rangefinder. The least difficult part of the process and challenge of good BW photography is the camera one uses.

[melvin_bressler]

John: Before you buy anything, please look at Ansel Adams' books on photography, Vol II (negative) and Vol III (prints). Its not specifically about rangefinder cameras, in fact he hardly mentions them, but boy, is it packed with useful information about exposure and processing. Amazon.com frequently has "package deals" on these, both for about $35. and free shipping. If what you are interested in is the physical use of a rangefinder camera, these books won't help (his Vol I, Cameras will, a little bit), but they will show you what your goals are, that is what you can do with BW photography.

[john_brewton]

Thanks Melvin. I believe that is more what I'm looking for.

[gerald_widen]

Second what Melvin said. I have the print and it is an excellent resource.

[jose f.]

For b/w aspects, look at Henry Horenstein's 'Basic Photography'and 'Beyond Basic Photography'.

For hardware questions, old Leica Manuals.

[john_brewton]

Thanks to everyone for their input. I have checked every resource mentioned and will be ordering most of them.

[al_kaplan1]

Around 1960 there was a book called "35mm Negs and Prints" by Y. Ernest Satow. Back then most journalistic 35mm photography was with rangefinder cameras. I think it was only published in soft cover, and he talks about long discontinued films, papers and chemicals but it's a good book on B&W basics, covering more than just the darkroom techniques. Just don't expect to find any DuPont SX Pan at the photo store.

[hans_beckert]

The Leica Manual. Try older editons.