Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/03

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Subject: [Leica] Yo tube m8
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Sun Dec 3 07:50:08 2006
References: <C19546D8.3F9AB%mark@rabinergroup.com> <8E693745-010F-1000-9A5A-38ED7D375C34-Webmail-10006@mac.com> <7.0.1.0.0.20061203070615.01a76048@telus.net>

David,

I've only received Vol 39 number 1 and 2 this year. Am I missing some  
issues? Which number is your review in?

Len


On Dec 3, 2006, at 10:22 AM, David Young wrote:

> Scott  wrote (in part):
>
>>  I was really amazed at a large print on display taken with the  
>> M8. It was I believe 20 x 30 or larger and it was superb.
>
>
> Scott, Mark et al:
>
> I took several prints to the recent LHSA convention in Wetzlar.   
> They were all 8x12", for that was the largest size I could  
> conveniently carry in my luggage.  One was a full frame print, the  
> other was a center section, cropped such that a full size print, at  
> that degree of enlargement, would have been 32x48"  The sharpness,  
> detail and freedom from noise [grain?] was spectacular.
>
> These photos (the crop is the inset) can be seen on page 13 of the  
> current LHSA viewfinder.  If you're not an LHSA member, my M8  
> review, which contains the shots, can be downloaded, as a pdf file,  
> at http://www.telyt.50megs.com/pdf/M8_LHSA_review.pdf (1.3mb)   
> (Sorry, TinyURL was giving an "internal server error" when I wrote  
> this, so no tiny URL!)
>
> Yes, the ability of the M8 to make large, stunning prints, is quite  
> amazing.  Like the DM-R, the M8 has no AA filter, and thus can  
> resolve fine detail that is missed by otherwise very good cameras,  
> often with many more pixels.   For me, the problem with it's IR  
> sensitivity is far outweighed by the advantages the camera offers.   
> It is capable of producing absolutely spectacular photographs...  
> and that's what counts!
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
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>
> David Young,
> Logan Lake, CANADA
>
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