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Originally Posted by Bert Stynen
Thank you very much for the replies. It’s reassuring that most of you stayed with the M8 coming from the DSLR. I suppose that handling an M8 is more like painting. It requires a lot more skill, but in the end, if you get it right, it’s much more rewarding. I guess the best thing to do is, as Charles suggested, keep on practicing with my D200 on manual. I have some good 50mm and 24mm primes. Once my confidence has grown, I will consider acquiring the M8 (with a 50 mm Summicron 2.0 and a 28 mm Elmarit 2.8). I guess that (price / quality) these are the best choices.
I’ll keep you informed.
Bert
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HI Bert
Manual focusing on a D200 is horribly difficult compared to an M8 - of course there are uses for an slr (macro and telephoto and action), but I don't think you should be intimidated at all.
I had Nikon gear before I bought the M8 (D2x, D200 and some of the pro-afs lenses). I bought an M8 for the same sort of reasons you have. 9 months later the Nikon gear has all gone - I just didn't use it. I do have a 4/3 setup up which I use for macro and telephoto, and I don't do much action shooting.
It's different using an M8 - and it'll take a little time to get used to, but much less intimidating than going from an M8 to a D200!
If you can afford it, and you fancy it, do it - you'll find it very liberating, and it'll sharpen up your compositional skills (it's so nice to be able to see what's NOT going to be in your photo as well as what IS.
I reckon that the amount of shots on which I blow the focus is around the same number as the D200 used to on autofocus!