Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Topic: At long last I succumbed to a M8 - a M8.2 to be precise - just love the "vulcanite"! My first real usage: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/_keith.jpg.html Took it for a walk: Just to test it http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/_m_amp_S_lambton.jpg.html I quickly discerned th M8 had a lower dynamic range than my recent DSLRs so I took my Lee R75 0.6 grad filter with me. As all filters you need to "get it" and this one encroaches on the viewfinder. Here is an example: what do you think? http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/_on_the_cusp.jpg.html Off Topic and for contrast: Nikon F6 Zeiss 50mm Macro Kodak Gold 200: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/_bridge01.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/_marple_dock.jpg.html Nikon D3 60mm Micro G http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/_3_on_the_ridge.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/_evening_cloud.jpg.html The M8 is a nice camera but it will one of several I use - need to get 1 or 2 spare batteries though - the Nikon batteries have spoilt me! Chris B