Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/03

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Subject: [Leica] Upgrade M8 to full frame
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sun Feb 3 07:07:55 2008

The white balance in auto on the M8 with the new firmware has been pretty 
much dead on, so no need to use an external aid.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1@cox.net>
>
> Just curious.  Isn't it a lot simpler to just use a reference card, like 
> the
> WhiBal?  My first or last or in-between shot in a given light is with the
> WhiBal.  Then the WB is pretty much nailed for that series.
> 
> Ken
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Howard Ritter
> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 6:10 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Upgrade M8 to full frame
> > 
> > My firmware update went uneventfully today, on a Mac even. Camera
> > seems happy.
> > Out in the snow to test the new AWB. Hope they sound as good as, say
> > the Eagles?
> > 
> > Average White Band
> > 
> > --howard
> > 
> > 
> > On Feb 2, 2008, at 1:18 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
> > 
> > > My D200 has always been worse than my M8 in the AWB area.
> > >
> > > Gene
> > >
> > > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > > From: Wade Heninger <heninger@adobe.com>
> > >>
> > >> On 2/1/08 10:17 PM, "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> When talking about the M8:
> > >>>
> > >>> Another Wretched Blemish; ie, Auto White Balance.
> > >>
> > >> In all honesty, I don't see my 40d doing much better with AWB than
> > >> an M8
> > 
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