[Leica] Some time with an M8

[heninger at adobe.com (Wade Heninger)]

On 2/23/07 4:06 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Wade.... I don't know if you have shot Large Format.  In that arena, there 
> are
> basically 2 types of shooters... those that
> experiment with every known developer and film combination known to 
> mankind,
> and those that take pictures, using only 1 film and 1
> developer.  I have met both types.

When I shot film (35mm) I was one film (tri-x) and one developer (Acufine)
for 90% of the time.

> Same is probably true in the digital world.  However, for LF shooters, 
> there
> is no manual nor need to have one.  There is a well
> marked shutter, F-stop ring, focus knob and lock downs.  ( Yes, there are
> movements, 2 more lockdowns) .

I imagine that when starting with LF, you'll need some kind of instructions
on all those crazy movements and lockdowns.

Its similar to picking up an M8.  5 min of instruction and away you go.

> Digital things are more complex, and to be honest, because I have insight 
> into
> the workings of some of those digital chips inside,
> there are more features only because there is room in the program memory . 
>  It
> costs nothing to add 46 more modes of filtering,
> action, distance, or whatever.  It is remembering these things that 
> boggles my
> mind.... 

I totally agree. And thank heaven for the M8 as it cuts those 46 things down
to 15. I could never deal with the DSLRs out there.

The tendancy to bolt a camera on is enticing indeed, and most succumb, so I
know where you are coming from.

> I was sincere in asking about cheat sheets..... knowing how to change from
> chimping in B+W or color is pretty obscure info.  Worse
> yet, knowing how to hit 4 buttons in a row, in the right order, and also to
> get back to where you started, seems, well, complicated.
> A personal cheat sheet seems sensible.

No need for cheat sheet.  You can shoot without this "tip" as it were and be
just as happy.

Now the software post-shot is another thing entirely...

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