Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]telyt@earthlink.net wrote: > > > I hear a lot of crowing about the 5D being a slam-dunk winner from 5D > owners based on a few examples. We need to realize that we're still at the > beginning of the learing curve w.r.t. M8 optimization while 5D optimizatoin > is better understood. Note that I don't own either camera and the 5D is > much more likely for me than the M8. Doug is right about this. With every new digital camera usually the first users have issues and there is a learning and adjustment period. When the Canon 1D was introduced there were huge issues with its sensor and dark noise banding, heck in some instances you could see where the two CCD chips were stitched together to make the imager. That issue was finally resolved and the 1D became the camera to which all others were compared to. I have a 16x16 print from about 1/3 of the sensor that is stunning, you can count the hairs on a bees legs. That cameras successor the 1DII was perceived as "soft" It really was not, but it just took some learning on how to handle the files and set up the internal software of the camera. I would not be surprised to see that the M8, after a few months, some firmware upgrades and getting used to how to handle the files, producing stunning images at most any ISO. I do not think it will rival the 5D in terms of noise simply due to the inherent noise of a CCD chip versus a CMOS chip, but I am sure it will be better than what Tina showed a few days ago. -- Harrison McClary Harrison McClary Photography harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography http://www.imagestocksouth.com Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: http://web.mac.com/whmcclary/iWeb/tobacco-road/Blog/Blog.html