[Leica] American Photo M8 Review in Iraq

[montoid at earthlink.net (Montie)]

Walt, I doubt they'll be "completely satisfied" even then,
just remove the word photographer from their usual
blind discourse and replace it with engineer...;-))

Montie


>I don't think we'll find editors completely satisfied until robots are
working the real-time cameras. I looked at the work and just felt kind
of blah. A few might have come close to making a statement but the
quality seemed wanting.

Walt

Montie wrote:
>
http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/4133/extreme-field-test-leica-m8-in-iraq.htm
> l
>
> A few decent images but nothing that blew me away...(the insurgent? being
> carted
> off was a good catch)  maybe it's my ancient screen but I thought the
colors
> were
> a bit "muddy" with lower contrast than I like :-(  Hopefully, he did
better
> with his
> M6.  :-)  I was over there for two weeks in 1990...when I got back I found
> sand
> in places where light and air can't get into!!  The M4s held up nice
though!
> ;-)
> I don't see the M8 holding up over there for an entire 1 year tour.  I
guess
> that's
> the trade-off for transmitting images "real time"
>
> Montie
>
>
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