Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/14

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Outdated M8
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Thu Sep 14 04:43:08 2006
References: <091420060228.19289.4508BE5D0007A66B00004B59219791332903010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <4508C966.1080003@iisaka.org> <4508CB40.3010900@adrenaline.com> <9b678e0609132050g2f6f3231m8cbdfd15bccc36c8@mail.gmail.com>

Roger that.

Scott

Don Dory wrote:

> Scott,
> Shoot RAW and then you can shoot just like you always did.  That was the
> short answer.  The long answer is that you are going to shoot many 
> hundred
> frames learning how the meter and sensor handle light.  Once you 
> understand
> just how the camera will work in strong backlighting or with extreme side
> lighting then you will know how to use exposure lock or where to point 
> the
> camera before setting your exposure.
>
> Really no different than when you are breaking in a new film or 
> developer.
> At first nothing works quite like you planned and then at some point it
> falls in to place and it becomes an extension of your eye and hand.  As a
> certain Canadian states; Geesh, look at click that click.
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
> On 9/13/06, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I wonder if the M8 will suit M users' shooting style. Can
>> one take a single incident reading, and then just shoot at
>> will for a few dozen frames? Or do you have to do alot
>> of histogram chimping for each frame, ruining the shooting
>> experience?
>>
>> I find I do alot of histogram chimping on my DSLR, but I
>> certainly don't concern myself with this kind of thing when
>> shooting willy nilly down the street with a 28/2 on an  M6
>> loaded with HP5+.
>>
>> I'll be very interested to hear M8 user experiences - one year
>> after the M8's introduction.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> Ken Iisaka wrote:
>>
>> > All cameras are nothing more than a box with a lens attached, anyway.
>> > The word, camera = chamber, right?
>> >
>> > :) :) :)
>> >
>> >
>> > grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> All digital cameras are nothing more than a computer with a lens
>> >> atached if you want to look at it that way.  You could also apply
>> >> this to the last series of AF film cameras for that matter.
>> >> Interesting that everyone was bashing Leica for not producing a
>> >> digital camera, and now that they are doing this they are getting
>> >> bashed for producing just what everyone wanted, with everyone bashing
>> >> them for producing a computer with a lens atached.  Well this is just
>> >> what you wanted and it is the same computer with a lens type of image
>> >> maker that everyone else makes.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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In reply to: Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com) ([Leica] Re: Outdated M8)
Message from ken at iisaka.org (Ken Iisaka) ([Leica] Re: Outdated M8)
Message from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] Re: Outdated M8)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Re: Outdated M8)