Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris, Nice set. That is good whiskey, that Redbreast, maybe my absolute favourite Irish! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Chris Williams <leicachris@worldnet.att.net > wrote: > Some non wedding related images from my Natchitoches trip. I toured the > American Cemetery, captured SonC at 25,600iso, visited some interesting > tree > patterns, was watched from below, and captured the rarely seen Cane River > whale. > > www.zoeicaimages.com/NatchiTrip2008 > > > I had a Lika D3 and Leica M8 with me. After shooting 2 weddings and various > other works with the Leica M8, I came to a few conclusions. > > 1. Leica needs to figure out whatever Nikon did with their High ISO > processing. Leica's 1250iso is a joke compared to the Nikon D3. Way too > much > noise reduction work is required and that just plain blows really. 2 $5000 > cameras and one can't perform close to what the other can in low light. > Sorry Leica, but get your ass in gear. > > 2. The M8 really shows the limits of the older lenses. My 8 element > Summicron does an okay job, but you can really notice fall off more with > the > digital. No problems with the CV 21/f4, 90/2.8 Elmarit or my 50/2 > Summicron. > The 50/3.5 Uncoated Elmar stayed in my bag. SonC's 28/2.8 Elmarit is a real > gem on the M8. > > Again, maybe Leica should visit Nikon because some of the early Nikkor > lenses perform amazing on the D3. > > 3. The M8 is fun! About time I get to shoot my Leica lenses at weddings > again. It has plenty of flaws though, but still enjoyable. Hopefully the M9 > whatever can be added to my bag along with the D3. > > > Chris > NOLA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >