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M8 on the street, How's it stack up to film Ms?


mwilliamsphotography

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Was working in NYC all last week and had a few moments to "street hunt" with the M8. Now that I have the hang of the camera, I was curious how it stacks up to previous street excursions with my film Ms. Plus it's a chance to hone my candid skills for the wedding work that pays the bills.

 

IMO this is the "go to camera" for color street images. Variable ISO and color temp makes it an obvious choice for me ... although I rarely used color film for this type of shooting, I probably will do so more now.

 

B&W I'm not so sure about. The M8 B&W files are very nice, but lack the visceral emotional feel of films like Tri-X ... ( I think I just heard a sigh of relief from my MP3 : -)

 

However, I do think the M8 is getting it closer to B&W film than say my Canon's, even with R glass mounted.

 

Here are a few B&W street shots from the M8. Mostly ISO 640 using three lenses I took with me: 24/2.8 ASPH, 34/1.4 ASPH and the 90/2 AA ... all with IR filters mounted.

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