Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:30 AM 1/24/2007, you wrote: >I'm in the last camp. One of the joys of M photography is being able to >shoot without much reaction from your subject. I'm not sure I >could stand the >whir of the shutter wind. I hate the click-clack of my K10d shutter. Most >other things about it's performance, I love, but I long to be >shooting with my >little Summicron, and the jewel of a 21 CV. Sonny - I think the noise of the M8 has been greatly exaggerated. People are comparing it to the film M's and not to digital SLRs. It is much quieter than my Canon's. I can still use it without anybody noticing. The high ISOs I'm working around by underexposing lower ISOs. The problems with the IR are valid. Some experts who know more than I do have said that the lack of the built-in IR filter results in a better RAW file. I think the ability to use the filters on the lenses is a good compromise, even though I hate filters. In the meantime, until I get the filters, I'm using the M8 a lot for B&W. Do I wish the M8 didn't have these problems? Yes. Would I buy it again? Yes. I'm back to using a small quiet rangefinder with my wonderful Leica M lenses. I've missed that so much! I'm leaving for Portugal on Friday and, if I had two M8's they would be the only two cameras I'd take. Since I only have one, I'm taking the Canon 5D as back-up. That means extra batteries, different battery chargers, different card readers, many more lenses - a whole extra suitcase of camera equipment! Sigh. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA http://www.tinamanley.com