Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/13

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Subject: [Leica] Bad weekend?
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Mon Nov 13 09:46:29 2006
References: <20061113093634.BTZ76440@ms03.lnh.mail.rcn.net>

Larry

I was kidding about the wedding photo business and some of the issues 
with the M8. Mostly, how many batteries it would take to shoot a 
wedding. Magenta can be corrected in PS. I haven't seen one in person 
yet but imagine it won't be long. As far as an M digital purchase I'll 
wait for the M11. :-)

Walt

larry.k@rcn.com wrote:

>Walt,
>  I'm not quite sure what you mean. Do you mean that it will take a lot of 
> shots to show the color problem or that the batteries don't last long? The 
> color problem is easily demonstrable, I think it took about two hours for 
> the first guy who received the camera to discover the problem. 
>
>  I do agree that batteries are a big pain in the neck and going on a trip 
> to a far away place would be difficult. I guess that's the price you pay 
> for instant review of your shots. Some people have reported that their 
> batteries only last for 60 shots. I have been able to shoot over 150+ 
> shots (in RAW) without draining the battery.
>
> I can't get more than one battery, at the moment, even though I ordered a 
> spare one ($100+). I also didn't get the grip, something that is really 
> bugging me. I had a wonderful grip on my RD-1 and I don't have the same 
> grasp on the M8 without a grip. The camera is one slippery bugger....
>
>  Larry 
>
>
>
>====================================================
>
>When you say "all those weird wedding photos" you do plan on taking a 
>lot of batteries? :-P 
>
>larry.k@rcn.com wrote: 
>
>  
>
>> Magenta certainly gives me a headache, it is such an awful color. I have 
>> to chuckle at the thought of all those weird wedding pictures that would 
>> come out of using the M8. This problem is enough to keep me from ever 
>> going into the wedding photography business. Hmmm, this color issue may 
>> not be such a bad thing after all! ;-) 
>>
>> Regards, 
>>
>> Larry 
>>
>>
>>------------------------------------------------- 
>>We had to slow down on the magenta images. It was giving us headaches. 
>>
>>Chris 
>>
>>    
>>
>
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Replies: Reply from len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] Bad weekend?)
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