Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interestingly I have seen only a few photos where I had any moire patterns show up, and those were not that bad, I've seen worse from my D200. gene -------------- Original message from Ken Iisaka <ken@iisaka.org>: -------------- > Actually, I used to shoot with my M6/0.85 and Noct most of the time > before getting my M8. Now, it's with 35mm Summilux and I'm > absolutely astonished with the quality of the images from the lens. > While I occasionally miss the boke of Noct, and the moire in textiles > like a pair of jeans can be annoying (Lightroom deals with Moire far > better than Capture One LE) I am more confident shooting with the M8 > at ISO 640 and 35mm Summilux at 1.4 than I ever was with the M6 with > Ilford XP2 and Noctilux at 1.0. The M8/Summilux combo is a lot more > compact and lighter to boot, and certainly less intimidating, too. > > I still have my M3 and M6 but they haven't been touched since the M8 > arrived 6 months ago. I have since sold my 75mm Summilux, and now > seldom use my 28mm Elmarit, whose place was taken by the excellent > Cosina/Zeiss 21mm. When an "improved" M8 becomes available, I will > certainly be getting it, and that will be the end of my silver halide > period. > > It took an introduction of M8 for me to go fully digital, but there > is now no going back. > > Ken > > > On Aug 30, 2007, at 8:26 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > > >> -------------- Original message from "Luis Ripoll" > >> : -------------- > >> > >> > >>> Hi Peter, > >>> > >>> I've found really interesting your arguments, but beside all the > >>> mentionned > >>> points, for me it remain one point, the format. I want to use my > >>> lenses > >>> on the original focal lenght. I hope, and I think that Leica will > >>> made a 1:1 > >>> format in the future. > > > > Luis...suggest, buy it now... and use a 35... > > > > > > pretend it's a 50... > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information