Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I didn't need to upgrade, I just wanted to and anticipated the waiting lists.. My M9 is certainly not worn out. Lluis has it now and after maybe 800-1000 frames with it, his M8 is for sale. Alastair may have something to say on the merits of the different models on his return home. On the CCD vs. CMOS sensor colour rendering, much of what I've read on that makes no sense to me at all. They shoot Raw and you develop them with all kinds of variables ;-). I'd expect both the firmware and the profile (Adobe) will evolve in any case. The corner correction for wides in adverse circumstances seem much better too, however I've shot little with wider than 35 thus far. I do agree that the current firmware iteration by default renders a warm AWB, especially in artificial light. It is also easily a stop or more better than the M9 in noise performance. 2000 ISO for me is perfectly usable when needed. There are more pixels of course but I never felt that the M9 was hampered in any case. The camera is much more responsive. I shot 200 frames again quickly on fast moving kids with the M9 and found that I was waiting on the buffer again. Never saw it once with the M. The RF seems better again although I've read nothing definitive on that. I can say that mine is spot on when compared to the Liveview. Mine is currently out vertically but amazingly still spot on in the normal plane (post-drop). Oh and I have several inadvertent movies ;-) Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 7 October 2013 20:55, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > I just found that I shot over 30,000+ frames on my M9. No hurry to upgrade > since there is no budget, but I would be interested in reading what your > experience are with the colors. Supposedly CCD color is more <something > something something> but I suspect a lot has to do with post processing. > > It's interesting to see that some people have gone to Monochrom (DLK, > Alastair?) and some moved to the M T240 (yourself, Bob and a few others?). > It would be interesting to compare M T240 B&W vs. the Monochrom. > > Yes, portraiture is definitely YMMV. My preferred look is just that, mine. > Just wanted to bring it to your attention as sometimes we photographers may > not see things that are obvious to others. > > > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:44 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hi Richard. I like the new camera a lot. A lot of refinement over the M9 > > really. There are only two frames from it thus far in that casual > portrait > > gallery actually. > > One of those is that shot of Rebecca that you linked to. That was 100% > > natural light on an overcast day. More from that short shoot to follow. > > I've yet to look at the developing of those on my real computer since I > got > > home. > > > > I guess with the looking left/right/into camera you get into a bit of > > personal style. Personal taste varies too of course. I've had people tell > > me that they really dislike the ones where eyes are directly into camera. > > When your model is as beautiful as Bec Ridings with THOSE eyes I think > it's > > compulsory myself ;-) > > Having been tutored by Dr Ted and Rembrandt, I try to be mindful of the > > shadow side too. > > > > I'm in process of posting quite a few from the Barcelona trip. I have > more > > than 2000 frames from the new camera there to edit from, including a few > > hundred after I dropped it (and me!) in a stone courtyard. > > If there's some interest, I thought I might post a few impressions of > using > > it later. > > > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On 7 October 2013 19:33, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > > > > How do you like the M T240? > > > > > > Looking at the index of the first page, looks like a good number of the > > > portraits have the model looking to the right. Generally I like this > look > > > better, with the eye contact. Just me though: > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/152487655 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at > > > gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > My Nikki > > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/152756513 > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Geoff > > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >