Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/08

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Subject: [Leica] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 34, Issue 403
From: FELIXMATURANA at telefonica.net (Félix López de Maturana)
Date: Sun Apr 8 14:46:13 2007
References: <200704081932.l38JTH0L001260@server1.waverley.reid.org>

>
> 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
Well, what  I do believe is that  in fact you are *dreaming* with a M8. 
It's not so important. I you believe it's "laughable" merely do not buy 
it. May be is a nightmare?. Something I do not agree with you. I use 
very often DSLR -Nikon D200 and Canon 5D and 1Ds MkII- and the there's a 
lot of work with RAW files not less than with my M8.

Felix