[Leica] M8 RAW--high ISO improvement!

[Frank Filippone]

And you get to take IR photos as well with the M8.... Try that with an M(240)!   ( I did, it sucks.  Ditto the M9.  Anyone know about the MM for IR photography?))
Nothing I do requires ( emphasized) the use of a big buffer or fast writes.

Never sell a piece of Leica equipment,  YOU WILL REGRET IT......

Frank Filippone
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No argument there, Nathan--the Fujis do an amazing job in low light.  I'm just pointing out a way to extend the M8's low light abilities. My E-M5 is a little too laggy to be a real decisive-moment camera.  I often prefer RF focusing and direct optical viewing in low light situations. If I can get it with a little computer-geek sleight of hand, why not?  The jury is still out on whether the con side is worth it--i.e, the buffer limitations and the fact that you have to turn off battery save to avoid losing the RAW setting.  But so far, it looks promising. And it's cheaper than blowing $7 or $8K for an M240 or an MM.

--Peter

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> When the light is good (i.e. ISO less than or equal to 640) then my M8 
> is the best camera I have ever owned. And so that is the camera I use 
> much of the time around Alicance, a rather sunny place. But when the 
> light is not so good, then my Fuji X-T1 is far superior, and so this 
> is the camera I am taking to Brussels next week, to Geneva the week 
> after that and to Paris that week after that because those are 
> business trips and so most of my photography will be after sunset.
>