Guest stnami Posted January 27, 2007 Share #1 Posted January 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Consider the posted image...... plus other stuff i do and post.................is a m8 worth my while?.. looking at the ceiling in my new ward 207 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Riley Posted January 27, 2007 Share #2 Posted January 27, 2007 Imants, I would say yes sometimes awkward sometimes difficult to understand exceptional results and thats the photographer, you could be twins! if nothing else you would look good wearing it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted January 27, 2007 Share #3 Posted January 27, 2007 For someone that works his camera and image than it is a perfect choice. The files are very robust to work with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted January 27, 2007 Share #4 Posted January 27, 2007 The files are very robust to work with... thanks something to seriously consider Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted January 27, 2007 Share #5 Posted January 27, 2007 Im, what are you shooting with now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. borger Posted January 27, 2007 Share #6 Posted January 27, 2007 Lenses or cameras .. if you have to ask other people if it is suited for you ... it most likely is not Remembering some pretty negative remarks from you just after M8 realease .... i am just wondering what changed your attitude towards the camera in a positive way..... ? BTW .. i think the camera will suit you well....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtmerideth Posted January 27, 2007 Share #7 Posted January 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Imants, Your work is exquiste. It doesn't matter what the camera is. You are a true image maker. g. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bernd Banken Posted January 27, 2007 Share #8 Posted January 27, 2007 Silver is warmer, digital is harsher Bernd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted January 27, 2007 Share #9 Posted January 27, 2007 William * a D2(100iso) for day shots, works well until the light fades, then the files are a bit thin. Takes great B&W shots at 200iso with a good tonal range. Beats anything in the market with its colour rendition though luminousity is a worry at times * Low light I still use the Oly XA as my CL died of natural causes, shoot colour film any brand and quality.. convert to B&W *I have a Ricoh GRD black and white only via raw, raw time not a worry generally as I am not in a hurry and the decisive moment is well.. oh hum. * Have a OM exclusivly for some client images of landscape work completed, I help out a few landscapers with their folios of completed works. Film seems to work better due to the shadows and intense light with the foilage and building shadows, need for a 'natrual' type of detail, digital has too much spotty dog in the shadows. I never use the OM for anything else. Sold any DSLR I had hated the lot in the end, considering a Pentax K100 with a 21mm pancake (31.5mm in the real world) for 1600iso shots as a stop gap camera as I wonder which way to go, Got to help the boys out in the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras again, Alien Skin's BlowUp lets me print up to A1 size, a lot of the work is printed quite small as the run in series. Alternativly I give up photography and blink and remember Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted January 27, 2007 Share #10 Posted January 27, 2007 J Borger Still not that impressed with the m8, the magenta issue is a worry to me as it seems a unnecessary hassle to contend with. Sure I love post processing, but not to correct a flaw of this nature, but that's me, none of the cameras I use give me grief and and are used for specific tasks My expectations a of the m8 would be quite high and with an expectation to be my sole camera along with the GRD, thus my low tolerance. In the end there is not much in the market that isn't brick like, the D2 surpasses the 4:3 system which is a no go zone in low light. Nikon and canon colour is so so, the Sigma DP1 looks hopefull as a new colour rendition via foveon, the lens may be iffy The m8 is about all there is, got a backlog of exhibition work,workshops etc so I can wait until September. Mind you what I use now works well except for low light Bernd Silver is warmer, digital is harsher.. generally agreed, may have to get a digital enlarger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ross Posted January 27, 2007 Share #11 Posted January 27, 2007 .. thanks something to seriously consider The image data depth should remind you of the E-1's files, similar tonality gradients and a bit more DR and less noise. It might be worth trying to get a hold of an original file (DNG or JPEG), because resized versions don't do an favors. You might appreciate the useable higher ISOs, too. Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanosu Posted January 27, 2007 Share #12 Posted January 27, 2007 Hi Imants, I have seen your work and I am convinced that the M8 will suite you very well. As others have said the files form the M8 are extremely pliable; you can really push them in all sorts of ways. What I have seen is that you can really push the files and the color and details hold very well. Here is a picture from the M8; it is not the kind of stuff you do but I was able to play with the file at will and got what I wanted. This is almost a 100% crop; the pliable files are well suited for cropping. As you know, if you use an IR cut filter then the magenta issue is a non-issue. So what is working for you are the compact size of the camera as well as one of the most pliable files that I have encountered in a digital camera (owned Canon 5D, 1DMarkII, 1DsMarkII, Nikon D2H and its subsequent incarnations). Furrukh. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/14559-is-the-m8-for-me/?do=findComment&comment=154624'>More sharing options...
Fotomiguel Posted January 27, 2007 Share #13 Posted January 27, 2007 I think that M8 is the natural camera for a photographer. Manual focus and range finder? I though it was going to be hard to get used but It was just better than dslr. I will keep my nikon gear, buying a nikon D80, just for makro and tele-action photography. For all the rest, the m8 makes me so so happy! Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted January 27, 2007 Share #14 Posted January 27, 2007 If you have the lenses and the dosh yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanosu Posted January 28, 2007 Share #15 Posted January 28, 2007 The other problem with a cut filter is that it is like walking around with a rifle scope strapped to your neck from off angles. (Exactly the same kind of reflection, especially in dark settings -- which you seem to shoot quite a bit in.) I think that this statement has not really been substantiated by anyone in practice. I have often heard this “rifle scope” analogy been used, and it sounds quite ominous, but in practice I have found this to be a complete non-issue. I take my camera with the IR-cut filters almost everywhere with me – to parties, church gatherings, camps where I teach, sports stadiums, dark bars and down town. Not once has anyone commented on the color of the reflection and not once have I felt that I have missed a picture because of it. At some parties I have even asked people if the reflection bothers them and they always say that they had not really noticed it. What always draws attention to the camera is somethign like the Metz 54 flash mounted on it; that is when people start noticing the camera and you. It you are using a 28mm summicron for example with the hood attached then the reflection is even more hidden. With the filter attached the colors from the M8 are quite good, and better profiles are hopefully around the corner to make things better. Furrukh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted January 28, 2007 Share #16 Posted January 28, 2007 Thanks Steven they are pretty valid points to consider a rifle scope strapped to your neck from off angles. (Exactly the same kind of reflection, especially in dark settings -- which you seem to shoot quite a bit in.) This is a concern to me, I have the opportunity to do a shoot on the markets of Damascus either July or Sept my choice,the tail end of a book I did work on and off over the years( she finally wants to complete it and so does her publisher). Never been there and I can go with my wife who is into textiles, if the people of the markets are as sharp eyed as in Asia they will notice. With the photographs it has always been a they know. that I know, that they knew case, as it is pretty close quarter stuff even for the creepin jesus style. Your series on hands comes to mind. And looking to C1 when you are working with flush and blotchy skin tone isn't going to satisfy you. I am a RAW Developer/CS3/Lightroom person and have no interest in C1. I do rely on my raw files for colour, just take them in bnw with the camera (D2 GRD allow it) They are my two main neg points about the m8 ...it is the glass and size that win hands down........... .........then again the 31mm(46) pentax lens is a beauty( great 3d effects) and the 21mm(32) is vg, and enough to pull out detail with the 6 pixel K100 at 1600iso would get me out of jail and back into loopy world for less than 2 grand .. if I was a leicakid the decision would be easy, cropping is not an issue, ...... not getting smarter a bit wiser and know bugger all now. Then it is worthwile going beyond the leica, canon, nikon etc thing and try to make a decision that suits, no use dreaming that if only stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted January 28, 2007 Share #17 Posted January 28, 2007 I think that this statement has not really been substantiated by anyone in practice. I have often heard this “rifle scope” analogy been used, and it sounds quite ominous, but in practice I have found this to be a complete non-issue. I take my camera with the IR-cut filters almost everywhere with me – to parties, church gatherings, camps where I teach, sports stadiums, dark bars and down town. Not once has anyone commented on the color of the reflection and not once have I felt that I have missed a picture because of it. At some parties I have even asked people if the reflection bothers them and they always say that they had not really noticed it. What always draws attention to the camera is somethign like the Metz 54 flash mounted on it; that is when people start noticing the camera and you. It you are using a 28mm summicron for example with the hood attached then the reflection is even more hidden. With the filter attached the colors from the M8 are quite good, and better profiles are hopefully around the corner to make things better. Furrukh Hi Furrukh, As I've been saying for months now, my experience is the same. They haven't made a bit of difference with respect to how noticeable I am as a photographer. There are other factors that affect that photographer - subject relationship much more than a filter. It's a non-issue. Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted January 28, 2007 Share #18 Posted January 28, 2007 It would mean constantly getting asked to post larger. The kitchen done is it or are you on a fishing holiday again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted January 28, 2007 Share #19 Posted January 28, 2007 kitchen as in image lock up by friday finishing end of Feb:D hey I have the injuries to show only really stared the building 3 weeks ago before that demolishing and waiting game sure always chasing a angle of the dangle It's a non-issue.sometimes:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted January 28, 2007 Share #20 Posted January 28, 2007 BBQ at your place imants...I see plenty of timber Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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