Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I finally bit the bullet and took the advice from several members here (for which I'm very grateful) and bought myself an M8. I found a beautiful chrome one at a well-respected UK dealer which had been owned by a collector who barely used it (1800 shutter actuations when it came to me). I got the dealer to throw in a couple of Leica UV/IR filters although initial results have shown that the "problem" isn't anywhere near as bad as the hype, and in many cases I prefer the colours without the filter on. One thing I've found difficult is focussing with a 90mm summicron which I guess is pushing the rangefinder to its limit, but the M8 seems to be consistently back-focussing with it. I guess I could send it back for adjustment, but at the moment I'm not going to let my new toy go that easily! The problem, if there is one, is much less clear with wider lenses, so I might just live with it for now. Anyway, I've put a few first shots up from a recent trip to a local National Trust place (a UK charitable trust that looks after old houses and bits of countryside) on the gallery here: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/snowy Two of them are in colour, and the other two are done with an IR filter and converted to B&W. It's the digital camera I've used to doing infra-red shots, as the shutter speeds are still hand-holdable due to the thinness of the built-in IR blocking filter. None of my M lenses have IR focussing marks which is a pity, so focussing is done by guesswork! Comments and criticism welcome, of course. It's been great fun so far, and I'm looking forward to continuing learning this new style of digital photography!