Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/18

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: M8 1st Shots and impressions.
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu Jan 18 13:56:49 2007
References: <082BB029-B213-4CA7-8E6F-999467B84899@comcast.net> <45AFE39B.3060702@mcclary.net> <20070118213712.GR23136@jbm.org>

I just went to manual WB setting, put on the hot mirror filter,  
turned on my screwy lights, shot a frame at a white sheet of paper.  
Done. took 15 seconds. Then shot my blue chair. Color came out dead  
on. Yea.  ;-))  Thanks guys,
Len


On Jan 18, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Jeff Moore wrote:

> 2007-01-18-16:16:11 Harrison McClary:
>> I am sure the M8 allows Custom WB, if not that is a MAJOR  
>> oversight on
>> their part.
>
> It does.  Just bang a quick frame of the main light source through an
> ExpoDisc (I prefer the "warm" one -- ever so slightly cool to force  
> the
> camera to balance things slightly warm for general use) and you're
> golden.
>
>
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