Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy? You may have missed my recent announcement of my recent acquisition of an M9. Quoth me: >Funny thing, psychology. When it was unobtainable, I was content to wait a >while before getting an M9 (or to wait for the '10) but when I saw >that >B&H now had them in stock...well, UPS had it in my hands the next morning. >It's like an addiction. (Maybe the 'like' is superfluous.) > >Here are the pictures: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/First+M9s/ > >Quotidian, generic, and clich?ed, but I just wanted to see what the >performance of the camera looked like. And they led me to a couple of >>observations, which lead to a couple of questons: > > Why is the color balance so different in two different pictures of > the same subject taken moments apart, the only difference being that I > moved >a couple of feet back for one of them? These are the two titled > 'leaves warmer' and 'leaves cooler'. The WB is auto in both. > > Why are there so many dirt shadows on this brand-new sensor? See the > pictures with lots of sky. The camera had a lens on within moments >of > having the body cap removed. This is really annoying in a camera right out > of the box. Anyone have a similar experience? Suggestions for >sensor > cleaning? > >Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking more, lots more, in the coming days. >The FF sensor and FOV just seem somehow more natural than the >75% of the >M8. At least to a 50-year 35mm shooter. > >?howard Could you send me the same info? And congratulations, Harrison . ?howard On Oct 18, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Go Harrison! > > John Milich will do them fast and very well if you send him just the > mounts. > No, not necessary providing you don't mind setting the coding manually. It > is a matter of convenience...... then you shoot a few times having left the > camera on the (wrong) manual selction and get annoyed with yourself. > For most normal to longer ones, I doubt that you would see any significant > change in the files. Wides can benefit more. You will be able to compare > directly for yourself with code on or off once you have the camera, > naturally. > > I'll send you some info off-list. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman