Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/29

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M8 problems
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Wed Aug 29 19:19:59 2007
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Frank,
With the new firmware upgrade ISO 1250(really 1600) is very usable.  Noise
appears less than the Natura 1600 that Sonny sent me more than a year ago,
probably less than the grain of Fuji 800 Press film which was very good at
the 8X10 to 11X14 print size.  The Canon's are cleaner but do not exhibit
the fine detail that I can get with the M8.  The Nikon's appear to have less
noise but the fine detail is gone compared to the M8.

Really, this is not a religious war, just a choice of tools which do what
you want to do.  No different than my current training to get my 45 ACP into
2 inches at 25 yards.(1 centimeter at 25 meters for most of the world)
Different tools work better for different people so choose what works best
for you.

On 8/29/07, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> What about at ASA ( ISO) 100-400?  Is the M8 still superior?
>
> Do you shoot Velvia?  How does the M8 compare to Velvia 100F?  Provia 200
> or
> 400?
>
> If you are a B+W shooter, try TMAX100 or Ilford PanF ( ASA 100)......?
>
> I could go on, but not all of us shoot grainy high ASA films.  How does
> the
> M8 compare to these really good films?  All I have heard about is the fast
> stuff.......
>
> Frank Filippone
>
>
> My  m8 images at  medium high ISO are superior to my images on
> Fuji 400-800-1600.
>
> Sonny
>
>
>
>
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-- 
Don
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: M8 problems)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Re: M8 problems)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Re: M8 problems)