Riccis Posted February 22, 2010 Share #21 Posted February 22, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) But I do plan to work my way up and charge higher prices, and at that point I'd love to shoot more film for weddings. Primarily because I like the look, but also for workflow reasons. This is the reason I still shoot a lot of film (even after the M9 was released). Once you are ready to make the jump feel free to contact me and I will put you in touch with my lab in L.A. Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jerry_R Posted February 22, 2010 Share #22 Posted February 22, 2010 "I did have the romantic notion of using the M8 for weddings, but after testing it alongside my normal DSLR's on a couple of weddings, I found it was so fatally flawed in terms of design and image quality that it was useless for my wedding work. So I stuck with the DSLR and put the rangefinder behind me." You know who said that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 22, 2010 Share #23 Posted February 22, 2010 Yes - but the funny thing is that he claims in his blog that it is about the M9 (October 2009), yet his main objections are: The first real major issue was the infra red problem. I don't know about other photographers but I prefer my groom's to have black coats and not purple. The Leica fix of IR filters then caused problems with reflections when shooting in low light and spot light sources (ie most of my winter wedding work). The real deal breaker for me was the problem with green streaks appearing from point sources of light near the edge of the frame. I'm afraid the first time I witnessed this problem I returned one camera, and vowed never to use the other at any event that was important. I shoot a lot in low light often with small, bright light sources in the background. The Leica was completely unworkable in these situations. Which are problems of the M8 - not the M9. So I do not know who is speaking: Jeff the brilliant wedding photographer or Jeff the paid mouthpiece of Canon... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bybrett Posted February 23, 2010 Share #24 Posted February 23, 2010 "I did have the romantic notion of using the M8 for weddings, but after testing it alongside my normal DSLR's on a couple of weddings, I found it was so fatally flawed in terms of design and image quality that it was useless for my wedding work.So I stuck with the DSLR and put the rangefinder behind me." You know who said that? He made the change, couldn't wait for digital M. He was never going back however good the M8 might have been. In which case M9 never has a chance of satisfying a DSLR convert. M9 is for those who want to change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_R Posted February 23, 2010 Share #25 Posted February 23, 2010 Which are problems of the M8 I know he was talking about M8, but from time perspective Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithdunlop Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share #26 Posted February 23, 2010 Thank you all for the responses. I'm encouraged to give the M9 a try, if I can find one that is! I do have one question though: those who mentioned a moire problem - could you post a couple of samples? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccis Posted February 23, 2010 Share #27 Posted February 23, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) How about some images? M9, ISO 1250, 1/60s, Noctilux ASPH @f/0.95... Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_R Posted February 23, 2010 Share #28 Posted February 23, 2010 Both below visible structures are artificial, not real. I opened RAWs in LR and exported crops as JPG. Isn't it moire? Window cover crop (with flash) Trousers crop (in studio) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlatkob Posted February 23, 2010 Share #29 Posted February 23, 2010 Yes - but the funny thing is that he claims in his blog that it is about the M9 (October 2009), yet his main objections are: Which are problems of the M8 - not the M9. So I do not know who is speaking: Jeff the brilliant wedding photographer or Jeff the paid mouthpiece of Canon... If you review Jeff's entire post on the subject of rangefinder photography, you'll see that his comments are very balanced. The above-quoted comments about the M8 were in the Update in which he responds to people who asked specifically about the M8. So your attempt at slander is pretty unfair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted February 23, 2010 Share #30 Posted February 23, 2010 You know who said that? Who cares? What he said is that he is no longer interested in shooting weddings using an M8, so much so he is not willing to give the M9 a try. And wishes all success to the M9. Big deal, there are defenders of the M8 here on this forum that would conceder what He said as blaspheme. But does it really matter? I shoot with what I want, what fits for me. To each there own. I don't care if Jeff likes his DSLR over the M8... the question at hand is M9 vs. M8... I guess from Jeff's blog, we will never know, except to extrapolate the there is little worse than a M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo_Lorentzen Posted February 23, 2010 Share #31 Posted February 23, 2010 Somebody said art is a matter of taste and that taste can not be discussed. Not sure who said this but it seems right. Having photographed quite a few weddings, I can only imagine that the "suitability" of a camera to wedding photography, is entirely based on the taste and shooting-style of the photographer. With two camera bodies I would have a hard time finishing both batteries on a typical day. So for me the M9 is very suitable, however for others it may be a complete flop, I find nothing wrong with that and am convinced that people who don't like the M9 for weddings, probably still take great pictures with whatever their favorite camera may be. personally I tend to think great images comes from the photographer, and using a camera which puts a smile on the face of the photographer is conductive to great photography, whatever camera that might be. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashwinrao1 Posted February 23, 2010 Share #32 Posted February 23, 2010 I have found my M9 to be more reliable than the M8 (no freezes, comparable battery life), and I would use it anyday over the M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem7 Posted March 8, 2010 Share #33 Posted March 8, 2010 I enjoyed shooting the M9 at a wedding last night, ISO 160-2500. Worked for me. One battery lasted all night and I still had juice left. ISO 2500 ISO 1250 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbgeach Posted March 8, 2010 Share #34 Posted March 8, 2010 I loved your article Steve, and your site as well. I haven't been invited to a wedding in a while, but the next one I go to will have me shooting as a second with my m8 and 35 cron. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_R Posted March 8, 2010 Share #35 Posted March 8, 2010 Regarding the style - we had interesting "battle" and discussion on our national Canon board ;-) Many photographers prefer this: Madzia i Bartek – repo(glamou)rtaż! � Adam Trzcionka Fotografia Ślubna Kraków Many brides prefer this: Jarosław Grabek - Photography Fotografia Ślubna Fortunatly - both above wedding photographers have their calendars fully busy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlatkob Posted March 8, 2010 Share #36 Posted March 8, 2010 Jerry, thanks for those links. Both of those photographers are very good. I personally don't like the fuzzy black borders on the first set of photos; I just find them distracting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsjxyz Posted March 8, 2010 Share #37 Posted March 8, 2010 I love shooting Wedding with the M9, last Saturday, I shot with one lens kit of m9 and Nocti 1.0. Here are the samples: The Complete Gallery is in in my Flickr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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