Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel Ridings said and asked: >>>It's nice to see your turn turn up Ted. You've been quiet lately. I hope your M8 is serving you well!<<<< Hi Daniel, I do try to look at most picture postings, but can't always make it. My loss. The M8 is perking along just fine, touching wood with one hand as I type this with the other. :-) Oh once in a while I see something slightly different than expected, not necessarily wrong but interesting, give it a shrug and move on. As I've said before the main problem with all digital cameras is........ they came along 50 years too late! :-) Or maybe I arrived on planet Earth 40 years to early! The odd time in colour where it looks a little on the "warm side" while shooting strictly available light mixture ...... window daylight, incandescent, fluorescent and bulbs of various wattage I just shrug it off as no different than shooting colour slide film under similar lighting conditions..... it isn't going to look like it's all perfectly white light as though shot with day light..... white balance or no! Besides under various lights all in the same exposure who determines what's "absolutely white correct?" Bottom-line? If the photo looks cool, hell run with it and don't get ones knickers in a knot over a warm look. Besides I much prefer warm to cold any day. By the same token I've yet to experience "magenta" of any great amount using any lenses. Obviously once again typing with one hand and the other on my wooden desk! ;-) I haven't bothered with filters I just figure they're just another pain in the ass fiddling things to take up my picture taking time. Besides I figure the God's must be good to me or crazy whichever fits given they've allowed me to reach my 78th birthday yesterday and still shooting assignments of interesting things.. ;-) Quite frankly if I were shooting on the heavy duty level I was a few years ago I'd have 3 M8's hanging off my neck today as I did with M7's. I suppose the simple answer to your question .. >>>>. I hope your M8 is serving you well!<<<< would have been ... "Yes!" :-) ted