Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I haven't touched my M in a year since I started shooting with the DMR. The DMR blows my socks off but I miss M shooting style. Local labs have shut down in my rural area and I have no one to process my TCN and NPH. I don't want to send out film and wait week(s). I am ready to sell some gear (possible my M7) as well and jump on the M8.2merry-go-round. When will the updated model be available? Eric On 11/25/06, animal <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> wrote: > > Agreed i still prefer using a M3 with Kodak technical pan or Agfa copex. > Needs a nit of tweaking but i prefer both the look and the resolution. > best > simon jessurun > amsterdam > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leonard Taupier" <len-1@comcast.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 4:10 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 & Infrared //Erwin Puts article on the subject > > > > Simon, > > > > I don't think Edwin's comments or M8 evaluations exactly address what > > Jim Christie asked. > > > > First off, using a RF camera like the Leica M is easier than with a > > SLR. The IR filter can stay on the lens without obstructing the view > > of the scene. IR film is more sensitive than a digital sensor so hand > > holding the camera is more of a possibility with film. With the > > digital SLR you need to either frame and focus the scene with the > > camera on a tripod and with the filer removed, or prefocus and use an > > external viewfinder with the filter on. > > > > IR sensitivity of current digital cameras can vary from so so to not > > at all (Nikon D200). In order to take images at all one must set the > > ISO very high (800 or higher), hope you get an image at all and live > > with the resulting grain. The resulting image must then be converted > > to monochrome or desaturated and the contrast increased for > > acceptable IR photos. > > > > Henning shared an IR photo with us that was taken with an M8, > > handheld and at a lower ISO than what can generally be taken with the > > current digital cameras. It was a beautiful image, sharp, very good > > depth of field and lower grain than what I normally see from film. I > > may be wrong but from memory I believe it was taken at ISO 640 (or > > so). The short answer to Jim's question is YES. > > > > Len > > > > > > On Nov 25, 2006, at 3:56 AM, animal wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> Erwin Puts article on the subject as well as his second review of > >> the M8 > >> http://www.imx.nl/photosite/comments/c029.html > >> http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/M8_2/t007.html > >> > >> seasons wishes > >> simon jessurun > >> amsterdam > >> the netherlands > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Christie" > >> <jim.christie@sbcglobal.net> > >> To: <lug@leica-users.org> > >> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 8:34 PM > >> Subject: [Leica] M8 & Infrared Photograph > >> > >> > >>> I've been trying to follow and understand the problem issues with > >>> the new M8 > >>> and I have the following question. Does the IR problem mean that > >>> the M8 is > >>> more sensitive to IR light and, therefore, if you shoot for Infrared > >>> photographs without the proposed filter and use a normal IR filter > >>> instead, > >>> will one get more Infrared light and possibly better IR photos? > >>> > >>> Jim Christie > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >