Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17

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Subject: [Leica] Leica M8 color studies
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Fri Nov 17 09:03:16 2006
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Mark,
Incredible detail. Nice photos. I really like the self portrait. Oh,  
So that's what a dry Seattle looks like.

Len


On Nov 17, 2006, at 11:42 AM, MARK DAVISON wrote:

> Yesterday was a rare day for Seattle this November:  a day of  
> gorgeous sunshine.  I had some errands to run downtown so I brought  
> my new M8 with an IR blocking filter mounted and took some snaps of  
> anything that looked attractively colorful.  The lens was the Leica  
> 24mm 2.8 ASPH and the filter was a Tiffen standard hot mirror  
> filter. The pictures are at:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/MarkEDavison/M8+color+samples/
>
> I've looked through these and I don't notice any real perceptible  
> cyan vignetting with this filter and lens.   I also did not notice  
> any strong flare that could be attributed to the filter.
>
> The M8 really is capable of extraordinary color rendition.  These  
> sRGB versions don't quite do the pictures justice.
>
> I've posted quite high resolution versions, so you can take a peak  
> at the incredible resolution this camera offers.
>
> Mark Davison
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from davison_m at msn.com (MARK DAVISON) ([Leica] Leica M8 color studies)