Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I made it out there. My train got into Penn Station at 8PM. Once I got settled into my hotel and had some dinner, I set out to try my new (used) M8. Wow, what a difference from my Canon DSLR. I love the sound of the shutter. I feel like I am making something substantial with each click. Like there is work involved, lots of hard work, and then someone blows the whistle. My biggest problem seems to be with getting my eyes to focus in the viewfinder. I normally wear glasses, so those had to come off. The LED numbers seem blurry in there. And oftentimes, I found that the focusing screen just never seemed to be crisp. What do you guys do? Wear contacts? Get a corrective attachment? So, I tried shooting everything. It was dark, very dark. And it was cold, verrrrrrry cold. So, my enthusiasm wasn?t at 100%. Anything that was moving? ended up being blurry. I fiddled with the ISO settings, etc. But it was just dark. Plain ole lack-o-light. Now that I have to focus on (err) focusing, I have been trying to gestimate which focal setting to put the lens at before aiming. I was practicing getting faster at getting my subject in focus. To no avail? Most times, when I would bring the camera to my eye, I was hunting back and forth trying to find the right direction to rotate the focus ring at all. I was always headed in the wrong direction. So, that will take some practice. Static objects seemed to work a bit better. Of the 45 pictures I managed, only these 3 seemed to be acceptable enough to share: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rsbardsley/sets/72157628934782221/show/ I?ll try again in the daylight. Hopefully some light will help me learn what I am doing wrong. All in all, I am very happy with my new, and first, M8. Anyone got any tips on how to get the damn thing into ?Picture? mode so I can tweak the ISO settings? I don?t understand the menu well enough to do it consistently. It feels like I need to click my heels, face NorthNortheast, pray, and then the Menu button will bring it up. I don?t get it. Click. Click. Smile. Ryan Boston, MA