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Subject: [Leica] IMG: M8 1st Shots and impressions.
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu Jan 18 13:25:02 2007
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Harrison,

Thanks. That makes a lot more sense. I didn't expect the Nikon to  
look so bad.

Len


On Jan 18, 2007, at 4:16 PM, Harrison McClary wrote:

> Len,
>
> I have found if you want color to look good under Tungsten lighting  
> you have to do a custom white balance, not use the camera  
> preprogrammed, or the auto, but do a custom.  On all of my Canon's  
> and Nikons the Tungsten "canned" WB and auto are horrid, but if I  
> do a custom it looks great.  On your D200 you can program up to 5  
> preset white balances, so make one for Tungsten and just dial that  
> in when under T light.
>
> I am sure the M8 allows Custom WB, if not that is a MAJOR oversight  
> on their part.
>
> Leonard Taupier wrote:
>>
>>
>> First impression. If you're shooting in tungsten lighting you  
>> better get the WB right for color or shoot b&w. My first color  
>> shots in my living room (WB tungsten) turned my blue chair purple.  
>> I expected that. So I took the same shot with a Tiffen hot mirror  
>> filter on the lens. The blue/purple chair turned brown. That I  
>> didn't expect so I took the same shot with my D200. Same tungsten  
>> WB, no filtering. The color came out exactly like the M8 hot  
>> mirror shot, brown chair. My only conclusion is I have some pretty  
>> screwy lighting in that room.
>
>
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In reply to: Message from len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] IMG: M8 1st Shots and impressions.)
Message from harrison at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary) ([Leica] IMG: M8 1st Shots and impressions.)