[Leica] News of BD

[Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)]

In my opinion my M8 is a better tool than my EOS 1Ds Mk2, not least  
because the lenses are MUCH better. If your opinion is based on your  
interpretation of internet murmuring you are making a mistake and  
have deceived yourself, if based on personal experience I am  
surprised but different people have different requirements so this is  
obviously not impossible.
Only if I  used slow zooms would I prefer the Canon.
Frank

On 8 Apr, 2007, at 19:02, Robert Schneider wrote:

> Look, I knew that my opinion would be ridiculed, but that doesn't  
> mean that you're right and I'm wrong. From what I've heard the  
> camera can work fairly well if you're willing to spend hundreds of  
> dollars for IR cut filters (yeah, yeah, "no charge" if you only  
> have two lenses -- har, har), have your lenses coded and/or create  
> custom processing routines in Camera Raw.  When processing more  
> than a thousand files from a wedding, those are workflow issues I'd  
> rather not deal with.
>
> With Canon DSLRs there's little to do to the RAW files other than  
> some exposure and white balance adjustment -- all the way up to  
> 1600 ISO (and often 3200).
>
> The M8 would work for me no better than film, and with film I'd  
> still have a 35 acting like a 35.
>
> Horses for courses, YMMV, people who shoot weddings aren't real  
> photographers, you've never been anything other than a Leica hater  
> anyway, whatever you want to say or think is fine.
>
> I'm delighted the M8 works for you.  It wouldn't work for me and I  
> think the way that Leica has dealt with its flaws and, yes,  
> DEFECTS, is laughable.  I'll sit it out until (if?) there's a round  
> two.
>
> M4, M6, and a bag of film still works if I want shoot Leicas.
>
> rs