Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/19

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Subject: [Leica] M8 First Impressions & Pictures.
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Mon Mar 19 20:32:17 2007

Dom,

I think what Hugh is saying is that it takes a long time to open your 
photos.  Not usre if it is the size or what but they do take about 4 minutes 
to open, so you may need to resize them for the web.  Great shots though.

gene

-------------- Original message from Dominic Morris <dommorris@rogers.com>: 
-------------- 


> Thanks for looking Hugh and for the suggestion. I will certainly 
> resize. It never occurred to me that folks might want to download; 
> for some reason I thought the gallery view would be enough. Live and 
> learn. 
> 
> Regards, 
> Dom 
> 
> On 19-Mar-07, at 8:42 PM, Hugh Thompson wrote: 
> 
> Hello Dom - like your TO shots. Different angles for Old City Hall 
> etc. Isn't it fun to walk around with the M8, and that 28 is a 
> fantastic lens. 
> 
> BTW, don't know what imageware you are using but the images on the 
> LUG are huge, and it take for ever to download them. Suggest you 
> resize them for the web prior to posting. 
> 
> Hugh 
> 
> On 19-Mar-07, at 5:15 PM, Dominic Morris wrote: 
> 
> > Greetings all. 
> > 
> > The M8 vigil ended about 3 weeks ago. The camera with a brand new 
> > Summicron 2/28 mm lens arrived Feb 27 and I have been on the 
> > learning curve ever since, as I expect to be for a lifetime to come. 
> > 
> > I love the camera and have had no problems with batteries, SD cards 
> > or the like. The selector switch does not seem loose, but it does 
> > somehow find its way to unexpected positions. It is, of course, 
> > heavier than the little Sony I just passed on to my wife, but this 
> > actually seems helpful. I got a shot of Terry, hand-held at 1/15th, 
> > unheard of with any former camera. 
> > 
> > Anyhow, there are a few early efforts up for your critical review. 
> > 
> > http://tinyurl.com/3cfhfq 
> > 
> > TIA. 
> > Dom 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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