[Leica] Borrowed M8

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Doug, that's not a camera restriction, it's a software licence restriction 
for the program that comes with the camera (free). Other
camera makers will even charge you for the software but the licence 
conditions are still similar. There are other commercial
programs available that will read the RAW files from the M8. Their merits 
are often discussed here. If you have Photoshop you can
add a free plug-in (Adobe Camera RAW) that will work well.
Alternatively, if you shoot jpegs, any usual graphics program, including 
free and cheap ones as well as the auto machines at
photolabs will be able to read the files. For many purposes these files 
still do a great job for you. Perhaps this is why your
friend has suggested shooting jpegs while you have the M8 on loan. A good 
friend to have, by the way!
Enjoy your privileged loan experience and we look forward to seeing some 
pictures posted.

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
dnygr
Sent: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 03:24
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] Borrowed M8

A friend lent me his M8 and I've taken some photos with it. I shot in RAW.

I'd like to download the images, but from what he says, there is a limit 
(two times) to the number of computers one can load the
Leica software into that came with the camera.

Can this be? Why would I buy a camera that limits where I can download it? 
If I'm in Europe, wants to download photos and my
computer is in New York City, am I to wait until I return before I can 
download my photos. 

My friend says I can buy additional download capability. If I've paid $4800 
for a camera, why would I want to spend more. I guess if
the company is going broke that makes sense, but I would imagine you would 
want to make your camera as user friendly as possible and
as widely assissible as possible. There must be something that hasn't been 
explained to me. Why would I want a camera that limits
me?

My friend advised I shoot in JPEG. Why would I do that? Why would he do 
that? If you buy great equipment, you want your images in
the best form all the time. You have greater use of them, that way.

BTW, can I take the memory chip and have a kiosk print the photos on it?

Thanks for your help.
Doug                 

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