Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/30

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Subject: [Leica] M8 gathering dust instead of images
From: jplaurel at spectare.com (Jim Laurel)
Date: Tue Jan 30 00:13:27 2007
References: <B6E7A3B6-360F-4A8B-878A-36F6349D73AA@mac.com> <45BEC924.7020100@nathanfoto.com>

Yes, I am going to get started by shooting some B&W.  The M8 is great  
for that and my early results are encouraging.  But make no mistake.   
It is virtually worthless for color photography without the IR  
filters.  It's just too unpredictable in all lighting conditions to  
be taken seriously.

I'm sure I'll be singing the praises once the filters come in!

--Jim


On Jan 29, 2007, at 8:27 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> I don't have an M8, but if I did, leaving it on the shelf while  
> waiting for filters would be the furthest thing from my mind. Yes,  
> the camera has some flaws under some situations. The people on this  
> list who have one have posted some examples of the magenta cast  
> etc. But they have also posted a lot of wonderful pictures. Waiting  
> is silly, especially for those who live in the Northern Hemisphere  
> and are thus in the middle of winter, when there is not that much  
> IR light anyway and the trees are bare.
>
> Remember the PLUG/PAW motto: keep pushing that shutter button, it  
> might come unstuck!
>
> Nathan
>
> Lottermoser George wrote:
>> I can't imagine leaving this instrument on a shelf waiting for  
>> filters to arrive. Each moment spent with the M8 being focused on  
>> a subject and squeezing the shutter button offers an opportunity  
>> to learn about my vision, photography, composition, the  
>> instrument, the software, etc.; so that when the filters arrive,  
>> I'll be that much more proficient with it. While I'm not having as  
>> much difficulty with the color problems as others, I'm aware of  
>> what they are and how to work with them. But even if I were being  
>> driven nuts by them, which I'm not, I'd still find it a gorgeous  
>> tool for black and white work and not let it gather dust - rather  
>> delight in it driving me to improve my black and white photography.
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george@imagist.com
>>


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