Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis, Right now, the only three things I really look at when a new digital comes our are (1) noise at high ISO, (2) anti-shake (to compensate for high noise at high ISO), and (3) shutter lag. I agree with you on the look of film versus digital. I also like shooting with a camera with only three controls (aperture, shutterspeed, and focus). The menus, buttons, wheels, and complex LCD readouts of digitals have me spending more time looking at my digital camera than the world I'm supposed to be shooting. As a result, I end up shooting on full program mode while giving up the control I had with just three parameters to think about. I like the conventional lenses I alread have for film, and don't like the problems with purple fringing and vignetting I get with digicams. But as the B&W films and developers slowly disappear from view and digital technology improves, I suppose I will slow shift over to digital. I noticed a strange (almost overnight) shift in attitude on the SP forum. Six years ago, black and white film was the standard (and only that Eggelston guy shot color). But when good digital cameras began to gain acceptance, color digital image became acceptable in no time at all. I suppose the only reason that surprises me is that color did not become acceptable when color film was made available to SP photographers. Perhaps when fast, convenient digital bacame acceptable for photojournalism, SP was not far behind. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Luis Ripoll Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:11 AM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: [Leica] Some questions and thoughts about the M8 Hi all, I've followed with interest all your comments about, first at all I should say that I've never used digital, and that I'm not very attracted for it, nevertheless the M concept transported to digital could be at least an interesting experience. The first thought I want to explain is that I think that format 4x3 could be perfect for the new users, on my case I've choose my assortment of lenses thinking on the use of every one, I would prefer work with the full format. Frequently I've choose my lenses attending the compactness over the quality, i.e. Summilux 35 vs. the ASPH, it is some difficult for me think that my 50's will be 65's etc..., and to have a 35 I should buy the pretty new 28mm ASPH, but it is 2,8!, maybe with digital we should think more on the ASA capabilities of the digital?...., maybe; as Jeffery says I've started on photography with Panatomic and other slow films, on these years when you shot with a 27 DIN ---> 400 ASA it was something extreme, actually for me I still have this mentality, I very, very rarely rate a film more than 400 ASA. Yesterday I was commenting an e-mail from Alastair telling him that I love too very much the quality on B&W of Plus X or APX100 with Summilux 35, IMHO you can't obtain the same quality on digital. You probably will obtain a very good, even excellent quality, but without the same "touch". I have two questions about the M8's viewfinder, it is improved as it was on the MP and M7 avoiding the flare?, which leeds information is on the viewfinder? I've never liked the viewfinders with a lot of leds. Thanks for your comments Saludos desde Barcelona Luis _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information