Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris, On the risk of being condemned a heretic, I think the Evening Cloud with the D3 is the most wonderfully subtle and beautiful of all these very lovely pictures. Bob On Jan 31, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Christopher Birchenhall wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information