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Subject: [Leica] I Tried an M8; Color Question
From: rbaron at concentric.net (Robert D. Baron)
Date: Sat Feb 17 13:58:56 2007
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I was in Dallas Texas last week and stopped by Cooters Village Camera, 
the Leica dealer in Highland Park Village Center.  Very knowledgeable 
and nice folks.

They kindly allowed me to try their demo M8 with a couple of my lenses 
(Noctilux and 28mm Summicron ASPH) and sold me an SD card of my own I 
could then bring home and look more closely at the test shots I took.

I have been highly impressed with the shots and comments posted here 
recently by the members of the Non-Whining M8 Photographers Association 
(you know who you are).

I did have the usual quibbles of my own (the shutter tripping and 
re-cocking noise will take getting used to; too much digital image noise 
compared to Canon at higher ISO; is it *really* worth $5,000US?) but 
overall I can see how it would be great to use in many situations 
instead of my current Canon digital behemoths.

One question I have is about the color it produced on my test;  I may be 
having brain fade and not remembering something I should know, but 
please take a look at these 4 test shots from ISO 160 to 2500 (you can 
see the ISO of each when you click through from the thumbnails to the 
full size images) and tell me why there is such a color shift as the ISO 
increases:  http://www.bobbaron.com/M8TestFeb07/index.htm

(The lighting - a mix of fluorescent and daylight from the front windows 
- stayed the same, and the exposure was set on auto; the only change was 
the ISO I believe.)

Thanks,

--Bob Baron / Oklahoma City


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