[Leica] M7, M8, Film, Digital, same lenses

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Dibs on the M7 ,  8>)

Len


On Nov 27, 2006, at 8:15 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> LUG:
>
> One of the totally unintended consequences of buying the M8 is that  
> I have returned to using film.  I always carry at least two cameras  
> and since I've bought the M8, my second camera of choice is the  
> M7.  I can carry the same lenses and not worry about two systems.   
> I had, however, forgotten about my frustrations with film.  I  
> planned on taking mostly photos of family at Thanksgiving inside  
> houses, so I carried lots of 400 ISO TMax and 800 ISO Fuji film.  I  
> didn't plan on coming back through the mountains of NC and  
> photographing waterfalls in the brilliant sunshine of a warm  
> November day.  The 800 speed was much too high for most of what I  
> was shooting.  I was standing under the Dry Fall waterfall when I  
> ran out of film and had to open the camera and reload, trying to  
> shield the camera from the water.  When I got it reloaded, it  
> refused to take photos.  I had to replace the batteries. When I got  
> home, I took the film by Walgreens.  They developed the color  
> negatives within an hour but the B&W will take two weeks.  I would  
> have brought it home and put it in my Jobo but the chemicals have  
> expired and I would have to order more small quantities that would  
> probably expire before I take more film photos.  I picked up the  
> color prints and film from Walgreens and mounted the color  
> negatives in slide mounts to scan in my Nikon LS5000.  I intended  
> to compare photos taken with the M7 and film using the 35/2.0 Asph  
> lens and the exact same photos taken with the M8 using the 28/2.8  
> Asph lens.  I had lots of examples - people, waterfalls, statues -  
> in many different lighting situations.  I cannot get a single  
> acceptable scan of the color negative film.  The waterfalls are a  
> brilliant purple or blue.  If I use the white balance on the  
> waterfall, the rest of the photo is dark and murky.  I'm still  
> working on it but don't have high hopes that I'll be able to  
> compare anything. The digital photos are already with my stock  
> agency.  I want another M8.
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
> http://www.tinamanley.com
>
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