Re: M7+K64 vs M8 : Will the M8 have the "look"?
If you are after the film "look" then you have to start with a color profile of the film. Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Velvia, Agfa....etc. all had color signatures that we got used to. When that isn't present, we get disturbed, but if we know what it is, we can alter the digital file. After color mods come the tonal profiles that slides presented in their narrow DR. The present generation of sensors will look more like color negatives. Think Porta 160/400 for the M8. To get the tranny look from a negative means you have to compress the DR and profile the color.
For B&W, you have to find the color response of your favorite emulsion to feed into color mixing and get the noise out of the shadows, where it looks very un-film-like.
Leica lenses on digital sensors shouldn't be a problem base on my using R lenses on my E-1 (similar sensor). The out of focus gradients are there, but you have to be careful with the sharpening, if you want to preserve them. I bought the E-1 on the basis that the images "looked familiar" and the few glimpses from the M8 so far, give me the same impression. We have to look deeper than "looks familiar" to make a bridge from film to digital.
BTW, Capture One has a one click "Ektachrome" effect.
Bob
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