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here are some nightshots from vienna (tonight) with the m8, 35mm summilux at 1250 iso:

 

vienna_naschmarkt_by_night Photo Gallery by markowich at pbase.com

 

 

the camera has the new sensorboard and new firmware (1.09). no banding, not toooo much noise, good contrast.

i am impressed by the camera/lens combo.

happy new year! peter

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here are some nightshots from vienna (tonight) with the m8, 35mm summilux at 1250 iso:

 

vienna_naschmarkt_by_night Photo Gallery by markowich at pbase.com

 

 

the camera has the new sensorboard and new firmware (1.09). no banding, not toooo much noise, good contrast.

i am impressed by the camera/lens combo.

happy new year! peter

 

Wish I could comment but when I tried to connect the gallery was "empty"

 

I'll try again later

 

Woody spedden

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Peter--

All very nice. I particularly like #9 (Nudeln) because of its perspective and depth. The left side shows diminishing stalls, the wet road reflection reinforces them, there is "light at the end of the tunnel" (as it were), but it doesn't look inviting. The only warmth seems to come from the noodle shop, but even that is only from the sign. Very evocative.

 

Happy New Year, and thanks for these pics!

 

(Gee, as long as there are people out there making pictures like this, maybe I can just look at their work and forget about getting my own M8? :))

 

--HC

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Peter--

All very nice. I particularly like #9 (Nudeln) because of its perspective and depth. The left side shows diminishing stalls, the wet road reflection reinforces them, there is "light at the end of the tunnel" (as it were), but it doesn't look inviting. The only warmth seems to come from the noodle shop, but even that is only from the sign. Very evocative.

 

Happy New Year, and thanks for these pics!

 

(Gee, as long as there are people out there making pictures like this, maybe I can just look at their work and forget about getting my own M8? :))

 

--HC

 

thanks for your comments! i apologize for the pbase mess-up, as you already know the good link is:

 

vienna_naschmarkt_by_night Photo Gallery by markowich at pbase.com

 

peter

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Woody--

I don't understand why, but the link has been taking me to an "empty" gallery for the last two hours.

 

But the files are there:

Go to markowich's Photo Galleries at pbase.com

and click on the thumbnail.

 

That takes you to the same URL as the link, except it works...:confused:

 

--HC

Got it now. Great shots. Only thing I thought was that I would not want to be in this location when it is as deserted as your shots show, with nothing but Leica bodies and glass to show for it. Wow........this is as dangerous as being in parts of Iraq shooting war related pictures.

 

Wonderful stuff though and thanks for being one of the prototypical M photojournalist shooters.

 

Woody

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my vienna nightshots are all handheld, ranging from 1/15 to 1/60 sec.

summilux 35mm does the job...

i presume your nightshot is handheld, too.

i would take my alpa SWA with P45 for tripod shots, but the M8 is sooooo light.

peter

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Got it now. Great shots. Only thing I thought was that I would not want to be in this location when it is as deserted as your shots show, with nothing but Leica bodies and glass to show for it. Wow........this is as dangerous as being in parts of Iraq shooting war related pictures.

 

Wonderful stuff though and thanks for being one of the prototypical M photojournalist shooters.

 

Woody

 

thanks woody!

vienna is still safe ....or at least i like to think of it as safe...

peter

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Peter, excellent shots. Thanks for posting.

 

I find that the M8 gathers more light at the lower end than I have seen from cameras previously. I like the extra shadow detail it renders.

 

Bill - part of that is the Leica glass as well. Film or digital, the lenses find substance in the shadows.

 

Peter....nice stuff. Part of what I've been waiting to see from the M8 is low light night shooting - something the Leica glass & M bodies excel at.

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Bill - part of that is the Leica glass as well. Film or digital, the lenses find substance in the shadows.

 

Peter....nice stuff. Part of what I've been waiting to see from the M8 is low light night shooting - something the Leica glass & M bodies excel at.

 

 

totally correct.

street shooting -night and day- is great with leica. for many kinds of shooting nikon/canon DSLRs are clearly superior, but the M8 excels in some areas and is so much more fun to use. as far as nikon lenses go i feel (no scientific tests yet) that only my nikon 85mm f1.4, 105mm f2 and 200mm f2 (totally out of leica range) can compete with leica glass.

(no experience with canon!).

peter

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