[Leica] M8 use filters or not

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

On 3/13/07 1:36 PM, "Scott Gregory" <s_gregory1@mac.com> typed:

> All this hand wringing about IR filters etc and waiting for a possible fix 
> in
> an M9 makes me glad that I did get the M8. No I did not get the first 
> batch as
> that was when I was really thinking long and hard about the investment. 
> For me
> it is a lot of bucks, but I have a heavy investment in Leica M glass that I
> was not using. I am really in to digital photography and photoshop to print
> digitally and using the Nikon D2X. Great camera, but heavy unless you can 
> put
> on a tripod all day.
> So I invested in the M8. I for one have to say I certainly am not glad I
> waited for something better. I have been using it out of the box with no
> problems at all touch on wood. I have been told by Leica just this week in 
> an
> email that they cannot even tell me when the filters will be shipped since
> they are out of stock and my order was placed the second week of January. 
> Not
> a big issue, I'll just wait to see when they arrive. But I am using the 
> camera
> and the pictures I am getting are simply wonderful. I have even taken 
> pictures
> of people with black fabric shirts, sometimes I see the magenta very very
> slightly but othertimes I don't, the shirts are black as black can be.
> Bottom line is the camera is superb for taking pictures, at least I am 
> finding
> that. I have learned not to wait for the latest and greatest but to make an
> informed decision and to enjoy each day taking photos with what I have. 
> There
> always will be something better out there, but who knows, I may not be 
> here to
> enjoy it when it arrives. Buy the M8 and start taking great pictures. You
> won't be disappointed especially when you see the large digital blowups you
> can make with this machine.
> 
> Scott Gregory
> 
I have regrets for my having posted such a negative energy pain in the but
semi-diatribe I'm sure if I had the camera I'd be using it every day and
loving it.
I can get magenta out of anything in five seconds flat in Photoshop.
I could rig up a macro to do it on verbal command. Or clap.
A little magenta is a small price to pay to know you are using a camera
which is structured to not make a stupid common denominator out of the
results you get with your Leica glass. What would be the point if it looked
about the same as Nikon/Canon?
I am interested in the feedback though on the last firmware update.

Mark Rabiner
8A/109s
New York, NY

markrabiner.com