thomasw_ Posted January 21, 2007 Share #21 Posted January 21, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) congratulations on the purchase! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 21, 2007 Posted January 21, 2007 Hi thomasw_, Take a look here Just received my MP -- quick question. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
arminw Posted January 21, 2007 Share #22 Posted January 21, 2007 Congratulation ... I know how you feel with your new MP.... I got mine a month ago and felt just the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&W Posted January 21, 2007 Share #23 Posted January 21, 2007 Congratulation ... enjoy it and happy shooting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Sanchez Posted January 21, 2007 Share #24 Posted January 21, 2007 Pat,....Whilst your shooting your first few rolls, i suggest you get the film processed and scanned to CD at a the 1 hour shop. Best if you get the CDs, don't expect to be very pleased with how they'll look on your computer, nor should you expect you'll get prints from them anywhere near the quality of a neg scanner. one-hour places do NOT scan negatives at a very high resolution and the highlights will look impossibly blown out. usually the best you can hope for is an opprotunity to see & catalogue your shots for your files. your negs will always be better than what a CD from wallgreens will show you. -skippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted January 21, 2007 Share #25 Posted January 21, 2007 if you get the CDs, don't expect to be very pleased with how they'll look on your computer, nor should you expect you'll get prints from them anywhere near the quality of a neg scanner. one-hour places do NOT scan negatives at a very high resolution and the highlights will look impossibly blown out. usually the best you can hope for is an opprotunity to see & catalogue your shots for your files. your negs will always be better than what a CD from wallgreens will show you. -skippy Suggest you find another lab. You can get good service if you know what you're looking for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Sanchez Posted January 21, 2007 Share #26 Posted January 21, 2007 Suggest you find another lab. You can get good service if you know what you're looking for. i'm sure that's true. i've only recently resumed shooting film myself with a newly-acquired MP; i've only tried walmart & wallgreens, and neither provided what i would consider high enough resolution CDs compared with a dedicated film scanner. i guess it depends on what one wants the final product to look like. it's a shame to invest mucho dinero in the camera & lenses then skimp on the production end. it's like buying a bang & olufsen stereo and using radio shack speakers. what commercial, over-the-counter lab would you recommend? -skippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted January 22, 2007 Share #27 Posted January 22, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) i guess it depends on what one wants the final product to look like. it's a shame to invest mucho dinero in the camera & lenses then skimp on the production end. it's like buying a bang & olufsen stereo and using radio shack speakers. what commercial, over-the-counter lab would you recommend? -skippy I did suggest for his first few films. When a lab gives you 1 hour prints there's little indication of what the negative can achieve because it's been through the automated custom settings for the general public. Neither can you play with the image: enlarge, crop, bend and burn ..... The print is all you have. I haven't had a print made on first submission for 2 years. My lab: is local. They have a Noritsu LED scanner on their machine. They scan 18mb jpegs or 36 mb Tiff files from 35mm. They have created a custom profile for me with ZERO sharpening and ZERO colour adjustment. Sadly, they would not scan without inverting the image to a positive as that disrupts their workflow too much. The output does not have blown highlights, does not have any effect of oversharpening and it is good enough when I've manipulated it in Photoshop for 90% of my needs to 12x10" and I'm having 10+ films per week processed. It's certainly good enough to test out a new camera, MP or not. We did try and work with a French made, award winning lab scanner that was a pile of crap and they swapped it out. No problems since. For anything else, I use my Nikon 8000 MF scanner, or my wet darkroom and have needed to rescan very few times since the lab changed the profiles. Skippy, see http://www.leica-camera-user.com/landscape-travel/12091-slate-wall.html and http://www.leica-camera-user.com/people/14165-angie-erotic.html for Bang and Olufsen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Sanchez Posted January 22, 2007 Share #28 Posted January 22, 2007 rollo- all good points, sounds like a nice lab set-up, too. i'm not sure what we have available here in mid size midwestern town, because i haven't had the need to check since i began shooting film again (just last month). i'm going to save your post to use as a guideline when i begin shopping for a lab. thanks- -skippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted January 22, 2007 Share #29 Posted January 22, 2007 Jeeze Allan, I'm reluctant to say it, but that shot IS from the pre-asph 50 Lux : -0 However it was a freakishly good example of that lens not equaled by the standard black chrome 50 pre-asph I got to replace it. I sold the Black paint stuff because it was a crime to subject it to wedding work and my sweaty face and hands in 90 degree muggy weather. Agree William, just a topical shot ... one of about 10 or so I printed and gave to an engineer friend of mine. Interesting guys to talk to at that expo ... like Mr. Science explaining how stuff works. Pat, didn't mean to hijack your thread. Here's something to keep in mind when you go pick up your first roll. DON'T evaluate based on one hour proofs ... or scans you may have gotten with them. These negs have a lot more on them than general mass proofing machines pull out of them. Study the negatives and use the proofs for content selection and editing only. Then pull a custom print or get a higher resolution scan of just your best shot(s). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Larbalestier Posted January 22, 2007 Share #30 Posted January 22, 2007 @ Simon: Yes:) Bernd Slightly OT Thanks Bernd . I tend to post on the Ball Saal Forum http://www.ball-saal.com and the Anarchy Images site see here: http://www.anarchyimages.com/showgallery.php?G_ID=G0000OFnAbuEU7Ac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygsandhu Posted January 22, 2007 Share #31 Posted January 22, 2007 Once the post-purchase dissonance wears off (usually after the first two weeks/ first dozen rolls), heed this advice: do NOT let yourself try to sell it within one year. If you get the urge to try to sell it after one year, pretend you have, put it in a closet, and don't let yourself look/use it for one month.You will be thankful you didn't sell it after the month is over. You will thus avoid the heart-break of regret that inevitably occurs after one sells their M camera. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted January 22, 2007 Share #32 Posted January 22, 2007 They have created a custom profile for me with ZERO sharpening and ZERO colour adjustment. Pat/Skippy, post should have read: custom profile for me with ZERO sharpening, ZERO clipping and ZERO colour adjustment. Pay for drum scans and custom prints if that suits you. Most people I know don't do that often. Just have fun and use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nachkebia Posted January 22, 2007 Share #33 Posted January 22, 2007 Excellent! Congrats! whata great looking camera that is! as for 50mm! I love my summilux 50 asph http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/365622117_cb952321c9_b.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted January 22, 2007 Share #34 Posted January 22, 2007 Jeeze Allan, I'm reluctant to say it, but that shot IS from the pre-asph 50 Lux : -0 LOL! Story of my life, Marc...story of my life.... Thanks. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microview Posted July 22, 2007 Share #35 Posted July 22, 2007 I thought the Leica strap was pretty poor! I found a cloth strap, fairly short, at http://www.artisanandartist.com/straps/index.htm, which is very nice. (It has soft leather protectors to avoid rubbing camera metalwork.) Christopher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semrich Posted July 23, 2007 Share #36 Posted July 23, 2007 Congradulations. I notice from the prior posts that many people have just recently bought an MP, it must be the beginning of a trend. I bought one myself. After getting the M8 I thought "well I have the lenses`" and the MP would get me the experience of shooting film and be a good back up when traveling. I love it, I also saw a IIIf with 50/2 sumitar and enjoy using that. Now I am about to learn how to develop my own film and scan with the Nikon 5000 I just bought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATB Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share #37 Posted July 23, 2007 Congradulations. I notice from the prior posts that many people have just recently bought an MP, it must be the beginning of a trend. I bought one myself. After getting the M8 I thought "well I have the lenses`" and the MP would get me the experience of shooting film and be a good back up when traveling. I love it, I also saw a IIIf with 50/2 sumitar and enjoy using that. Now I am about to learn how to develop my own film and scan with the Nikon 5000 I just bought. I have the MP for just over six months now. 50+ rolls of shooting bliss. The MP has traveled with me through airports on business and pleasure (just came back from an Italy vacation), and day to day family outings (hiked with it yesterday). Great camera that inspires me to do better. I am signing up for photo 1 (Black and White Photography) this fall quarter at my local community college -- they just received a Hasselblad X5 scanner and renovated two darkrooms Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted July 23, 2007 Share #38 Posted July 23, 2007 I have the MP for just over six months now. 50+ rolls of shooting bliss. The MP has traveled with me through airports on business and pleasure (just came back from an Italy vacation), and day to day family outings (hiked with it yesterday). Great camera that inspires me to do better. I am signing up for photo 1 (Black and White Photography) this fall quarter at my local community college -- they just received a Hasselblad X5 scanner and renovated two darkrooms Sounds like you are now certifiably Leica-mad over the sublime instrument called the MP. Congratulations on having the courage to begin the journey of a lifetime with a great camera at your side. Thanks. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstotler Posted July 24, 2007 Share #39 Posted July 24, 2007 After getting the M8 I thought "well I have the lenses`" and the MP would get me the experience of shooting film and be a good back up when traveling. Started with the Digilux 2, moved to an M8, and then looked closely at the MP (but decided on an M6TTL) for exactly the reasons you list. Just confirming. The MP looked beautiful--but I just didn't imagine having the zenlike patience it would take to use it effectively (the M8/M6 TTL requiring plenty of patience already). I have a lot of respect for the MP crowd. Thanks, Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjr Posted July 24, 2007 Share #40 Posted July 24, 2007 Welcome to the future where you will find that ALL the automation i.e. auto-focus,different metering systems,motordrives etc, etc,is ,in fact, not really necessary....perhaps complementary but not necessary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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