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jplomley · May 9th, 2008, 05:48 PM

How big do you plan to print? For film work, I use a Mamiya 7 (street) and Arca Swiss 4x5 (landscape). I had an M6TTL, but after using the Mamiya abandoned the 35mm film format altogether....until I tried an M8. I would say the M8 is more like 6x4.5 film, and therein can handle 16x24 enlargements without difficulty and i would go so far as to say 20x30 with good processing and printing skills. Let your endpoint help guide your decision. If you are insistent on film, I would seriously urge you to try a Mamiya 7 and 65mm lens combo before dropping 3.5K on a Leica lens for 35mm film. For the M8 sensor, the cost may be justified, but for 35mm film, I'm not convinced (unless you are drum scanning and therefore are able to draw out every bit of information contained in that emulsion)

May 9th, 2008, 05:48 PM	#18 (permalink)
jplomley Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: November 23rd, 2006 Posts: 164	Re: M7 or MP or M8 How big do you plan to print? For film work, I use a Mamiya 7 (street) and Arca Swiss 4x5 (landscape). I had an M6TTL, but after using the Mamiya abandoned the 35mm film format altogether....until I tried an M8. I would say the M8 is more like 6x4.5 film, and therein can handle 16x24 enlargements without difficulty and i would go so far as to say 20x30 with good processing and printing skills. Let your endpoint help guide your decision. If you are insistent on film, I would seriously urge you to try a Mamiya 7 and 65mm lens combo before dropping 3.5K on a Leica lens for 35mm film. For the M8 sensor, the cost may be justified, but for 35mm film, I'm not convinced (unless you are drum scanning and therefore are able to draw out every bit of information contained in that emulsion)