Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]wade, love the first shot, the fenced in porch, the bison, the wheel well, others also. i think the 50 kind of works for you, wonder if the 35 will seem short??? do you convert using the nifty cs3 raw converter? I poked around your site a bit and i like the way you have done your little 6 print pdf portfolios. the images look good and the selections are good also. leo On 1/29/07, Wade Heninger <heninger@adobe.com> wrote: > > So, post battery-troubles, I finally got to spend some quality time with > my > M8. We were heading to Victoria for a bit of work and some family time, > so > I was excited to put the camera thru my normal paces... > > I popped in a 4 gig Transcend card, attached my TA soft release, charged > all > three batteries and mounted my trusty Summicron 50 (sans IR filter) and > began shooting - on the ferry, on various walks, in the hotel, and at the > various places we visited. > > So after about 800 exposures, I can state I'm quite happy with the camera. > It works mostly like I had my M6 in hand, which is more than I can say for > > any other digital I've ever had. I *love* having my summicron back > pointing > at the world and I love having an M in hand again. I pretty much ignored > everything except the shutter aperture and the ISO - what bliss. It just > feels right in my hand and I'm swooning - its so good to be back shooting > an > M after those awful DSLR monsters. Good riddance (well for 90% of my > shooting anyhow). > > Random observations in a quaint "stream of consciousness" fashion: > > I do find the shutter a bit different than the M6 - I like the old shutter > sound better, but its nothing to get up tight about. I completely forgot > about the fact that it is a bit thicker after 2 minutes. I love the Set > menu for shooting parameters (less clutter for the good stuff). The > buffer > is big and while you can catch up to it, its hard, and you can wait a few > seconds and continue tacking onto the queue. DNG rocks - makes it much > easier to manage the Raw file (and its archival)! I've set it to show the > preview for a few seconds in B/W too (that may be a firmware bug, but I > hope > they never fix it). No problems with the on/off switch getting moved > back/forth. My frame selector is a bit sticky for some reason, but I'm > going to just ignore it for awhile. The 50 Summicron is a bit too tight, > so > I just ordered a used 35mm Summicron. I'm going to consider Tom's grip > when > it comes out as well. The soft release is made for this camera - I got > some > sharp shots at 1/8. I can put at least 300 exposures on the card before > its > time to change the battery (wish just this one part could be like the > Nikons) but its acceptable. > > But here is the best part: when I loaded them into Lightroom and converted > them to b/w (which is mostly what I plan to do) they just popped - it > reminded me again why I use Leica lenses. Sharp, contrasty, and they > require so little mucking with (unlike the Nikon stuff I've been messing > with while waiting for the M8). The ISO at 160/320 is fine grained. 640 > and 1250 is a bit grainier and totally acceptable. 2500 is hit/miss, but > I > didn't usually shoot at that with film, so I'm happy. Will print a few > when > I get back, but I have no reason to doubt they'll look as good on paper as > on screen. I've not looked at the color at all - probably won't - and as > soon as I can get a "always preview in B/W" option in Lightroom, I'll > probably never see it so the IR and WB issues just are not an issue for > me. > > Here are a few pictures: > > http://www.heninger.org/gallery/victoria/ > > Enjoy... > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > w a d e h e n i n g e r > u s e r e x p e r i e n c e > a d o b e s y s t e m s , i n c > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >