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Subject: [Leica] First images with M8
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Luis Ripoll)
Date: Thu Apr 5 14:12:52 2007
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Great images Howard, and they show that the 24/2,8 ASPH is a great glass
reprducing vedry fine details 
Thanks for showing
Luis 

-----Mensaje original-----
De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de
Howard Ritter
Enviado el: martes, 03 de abril de 2007 6:02
Para: Leica Users Group
Asunto: [Leica] First images with M8

Greetings all--

I finally decided that taking the plunge was inevitable, and the M8 arrived
from B&H last week. I got it with the 24/2.8 Elmarit ASPH because It's
equivalent to a 32mm lens in 35mm film usage, and my personal tastes run to
wide-angle. (The default out-and-about lens on my R9 is the wonderful and
awesome 19-35.) Besides, the 28/2/8 Elmarit wasn't available, and now I have
a new focal length for the M3, though composition will have to be by guess
and by golly there.  
This is a lovely picture-taking machine, instant gratification/ chimping and
no film costs and no scanning and all that. The photographic quality is
wonderful, noticeably better than with my D200 in my first impression,
though this awaits a rigorous side-by- side test.

I have uploaded a few images to Leica Users' Gallery. These are first images
and are not intended to be exemplars of great photography (or even my best),
only offered as examples of the technical accomplishments of the M8 for
those interested. All exposures were at 160 ISO equiv.

Comments welcome anyway!

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/

--howard

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