Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/26

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Subject: [Leica] M8.. Kurland
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue Aug 26 09:12:02 2008
References: <20080825224829.9AC47054@resin15.mta.everyone.net> <960AEDA7-42A5-4902-9038-DAE5724F8447@mac.com>

On Aug 26, 2008, at 8:11 AM, Lottermoser George wrote:

> I cannot understand this.
>
> My M8 stays on one setting: filters on, lens recognition on.
> Filters stay on the lenses which have them.
> I also throw many unfiltered lenses on the body without ill effect  
> or need to change the settings.
> Including, but not limited to:
> 65 Elmar/Viso
> 90 Apo Rodagon/Ultima
> 100 Apo Elmarit
>
> Of the 4 digital cameras I use - the M8 qualifies as the simplest,  
> the fastest and produces the highest quality files.
>
> The only thing missing on the camera, for my uses, is the high ISO  
> performance.


I totally agree George... highest I go is  ISO 640...

but I never went above 600 with my M6/7's...

usually shot at  ISO400  ...   f1.0  to 2.0


Steve
>
>
> Fond regards,
> George
>
> george@imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
>
> On Aug 26, 2008, at 12:48 AM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
>
>> The bugs are "fun" for an amateur, but I'm sure they are hell on  
>> earth for pros.
>
>
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In reply to: Message from afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] M8.. Kurland)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] M8.. Kurland)