Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For me, the M8 is not even a bounce off the rim. Slobodan Dimitrov http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/ On Dec 7, 2006, at 6:13 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 08:40 AM 12/7/2006, you wrote: > After all we don't declare a slam-dunk for a particular B&W film > when all films are processed in the same developer for the same > time; we optimize each film's development and decide under what > conditions each film/developer combination produces the effect > we're looking for. The same should be done with digital RAW files. > >> Doug Herr > > And that's what I'm doing. Experimenting. Just like I used to do > with different films, developers, temperatures, and times. All > this particular experiment was intended to do is give me a starting > place. I never intended for anyone to consider these high ISO > experiments a slam-dunk for either camera. I'm not going to stop > using my M8 for high ISO photos but I will be more careful with it > and with the processing of the digital files. I've learned, thanks > to you suggestion, that the M8 will do better underexposing and > using lower ISOs. That will definitely affect how I use the camera > in the future. I'm still learning to use it and will continue with > more experiments before I depend on the M8 exclusively for any > assignments. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information