markowich Posted January 27, 2007 Share #1 Posted January 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) i just came back from a one-week trip to oman (wonderful country, most friendly people). i had originally planned to bring my H1 with P45 or Aptus 75, but then i decided on taking the m8. my wife brought the APLA SWA 12 but i used the m8 almost exclusively, except for a half day shoot with the D200. all in all the m8 performed very well, except well known issues with the white balance. another issue was the (retro-designed) bottom plate. naturally, i had to change the sd card during a shooting in the sand dunes and the bottom plate fell out of my fingers into the sand....i cleaned it for 20 minutes or so to get rid of the fine sand on it...retro without sense except maybe to keep hardcore leicaists happy... i just put some of my oman pics online: oman_2007 Photo Gallery by markowich at pbase.com of course, comments are highly welcome. all in all i have the (unscientific) feeling that the D200 with the very best nikon lenses (85mm f1.4, 200mm f 2) can just barely level with the m8+leica glass. the fun factor of the m8 is clearly superior. peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bradhusick Posted January 27, 2007 Share #2 Posted January 27, 2007 Thank you for sharing. The people all look quite happy and are tolerant of photographers. Nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markowich Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted January 27, 2007 Thank you for sharing. The people all look quite happy and are tolerant of photographers. Nice. in fact, there is no problem photographing omani men. i had a hard time photographing women though. it was easier for my wife, sometimes they even posed for her (totally veiled....), but once even she was chased away rather brutally. peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuckley Posted January 27, 2007 Share #4 Posted January 27, 2007 Your photos are glorious. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted January 27, 2007 Share #5 Posted January 27, 2007 Lovely photos. I'm going to Oman (Muscat) in March for a short visit so the info re photographing people is handy - thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markowich Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted January 27, 2007 Lovely photos. I'm going to Oman (Muscat) in March for a short visit so the info re photographing people is handy - thanks! make sure to visit the nizwa cattle market on friday morning...gorgeous peolpe shooting! peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markowich Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted January 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Your photos are glorious. Thank you. thank you! the location makes it easy though. peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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