Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/24

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: annoying banding - is my M8 becoming a paper weight?
From: geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne)
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:16:50 +0900
 
Hello, Nathan,

I regularly get problems at 1250 on the M8, so I usually set the auto  
ISO in the Menu options to go to 640 max at 15th sec.  I don't usually  
use Auto ISO anyway, but after a few drinks taking photos in the  
evening, I will sometimes switch to Auto ISO.

I do think at 1250 you have to expose much more carefully and make  
sure the shadows are nice and deep.  That is, err on the side of  
underexposure.  Others might recommend exposing to the right, but I  
don't.  I might be quite wrong here, as I avoid 1250 and am not  
speaking from day in day out high ISO exposure regarding the ISO.  I  
treat this as a camera that can use 200, 400, and 800 ISO (although  
Leica labels them 160, 320, 640).

All the best,

Peter Cheyne
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