Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I went from a 4 and 4Sp to the 8. With my very limited skills, the R8 produced significantly more properly exposed prints(using Reala, Pro 100,NPS). On vacation in Yosemite I shot the same areas with the R8 and greatly improved accuracy. I am pleased and perhaps suprised. While waiting for the 8 to come I read the Nikon F5 brochure about a hundred times on their 1005 pixel matrix. I bought the 8 knowing I could return it for the 5, that thought vanished after the first roll....Then I saw several reviews, including some posted here that the 1005 pixel matrix produced results like the previous Nikon matrix and on par with the R8. In extremes, the Nikon manual suggests shifting to spot. The R8 matrix seems equivalent to the Nikon and that was the only interest I had in the 5. I have gotten used to the looks chip.....