Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why did you buy it in the first place? When I buy a new camera I expect to have a learning curve of at least a few months before I get something decent out of it. Read the manual and get some more practice. If it doesn't work out for you, sent it to me. My 20d needs an upgrade:-) Cheers, Michiel Fokkema lists wrote: > Ok, so I've been super happy with my M8, but recently had a need/desire to > try a DSLR, so I just picked up a Canon > 40D over the weekend. > > First, its big and heavy - I'd hate to see what those 1DS xxx fellas have > to haul around. The 40D came with the 28- > 135 3.5-5 USM IS kit lens and was figuring on some primes. However, one > thing I noticed in doing several days of > Ballet shooting is that: > > 1. exposure is off alot more than my M8 > 2. it seems to need *alot* more light than my M8 to get a good exposure. > Same light gives very different readings. > M8 has been spot on. > > Example: > > With the M8, I can shoot at 1250 and f3.5 and get a decent 1/180th in the > studio lighting. This works most of the > time. With the 40D I only get 1/50 to 1/80th of a second and I'm shooting > at roughly the same f stop and a bit > higher ISO (1600). I'm blurring alot more shots and its sucking. > > The main reason I got this camera was for low light performance (and long > zooms for stage shooting). ISO 3200 was > a bit too grainy for me (but it will work slightly better than 2500 on the > M8) so I keep it on ISO 1600, but the results > are just not nearly as good as the m8. I've also noticed that the meter > seems to be more erratic - series of shots often > will vary widely even though the framing/metering should be roughly the > same. Even still shots where the IS should > give me even more advantage are just not coming thru for me. > > Any idea what is up? Is that just the way of things or do I have a bad > camera? If I take the 40D outside and shoot in > daylight I seem to get decent results. Its just the dance stuff that is > falling down. > > Yes, I know that the M8 is a more expensive camera. I know the 40d it > isn't the top of the line, but I know lots of commercial/PJ/wedding guys > using the 30/40d series of cameras and are happy with it. > > Other observations: > > 1. The 1.6 crop factor sucks. I really like the 1.3 on the M8 as its real > easy to do the math and lenses just seem to fit > where they need to better than the slightly odd canon lineup. > 2. Fast - woah, I can't seem to hit the buffer on this thing. Wow. > 3. The CR2 files take much longer to transfer to Lightroom than the M8 > DNGs. Annoyingly so. > 4. I did go out and buy a faster 2.8 lens and I'm going to be shooting it > today - its wider and should give me a stop > more light, but still. > 5. Some of the advanced features are sure nice... > > Anywho, if you got some ideas, please float them. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >