Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/27

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Subject: [Leica] M7, M8, Film, Digital, same lenses
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Mon Nov 27 17:45:24 2006
References: <7.0.1.0.2.20061127195756.024204c8@infoave.net> <F76F72BF-E75C-4484-9D6C-AE3C32EB359C@comcast.net>

thanks for the M8 affirmation!
M7 sold - waiting for my M8.

Eric


On 11/27/06, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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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In reply to: Message from images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] M7, M8, Film, Digital, same lenses)
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