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The language suggested more of a mistress situation than a dual marriage; legality is usually not the problem. :)

 

I've been following your M8.2 and M240 experiences, given that many of our thoughts on the M8.2 are similar. I'll eventually do my own tests with the new M, but I prefer to let others wade through the early adoption phase.

 

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After getting the coffee stain issue I played with the idea of trading in for an M9..

 

What a foolish thought....decided to just shoot instead of worrying about stupid cosmetic issues...

 

here today with an old 50 cron....

 

gotta love the M8.2

 

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different light and different lens (40 summicron)...the OOF of this lens and the sharpness is on par or better IMO than the 35 Cron.

 

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the M8 is SO good at B&W that lately i have been just putting it in JPG mode and turning on high-contrast. It's turned into a lo-budget Monochrom!!!

 

This photo has pretty much everything wrong with it...it is overexposed, the man is out of focus.....but for some reason i LOVE this photo. lol. strange, right?

 

w/ Summicron 40.

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I shoot RAW but I noticed as well that I convert over 50% of my photographs to B/W. And I like it! The good thing about B/W is that you don't have to worry about chromatic aberrations, moire or color noise. Which is why I am not scared to use ISO 2500 if I need to.

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and the texture of the files is really pleasing...here with the cron 50 again.

 

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and the texture of the files is really pleasing...here with the cron 50 again.

 

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Hi Andy,

what a lovely color of d flower rendered nicely by M8.2 ... Do you shoot Raw or Jpeg for daily use ?

 

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Jeff

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Hi Andy,

what a lovely color of d flower rendered nicely by M8.2 ... Do you shoot Raw or Jpeg for daily use ?

 

regards,

Jeff

 

I only shoot RAW.....the files do need developing , I use LR as my only tool for that..works well.

 

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I only shoot RAW.....the files do need developing ' date=' I use LR as my only tool for that..works well.

 

Andy[/quote']

 

I must agree - the picture of the flowes was excellent.

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the M8 is SO good at B&W that lately i have been just putting it in JPG mode and turning on high-contrast. It's turned into a lo-budget Monochrom!!!

 

This photo has pretty much everything wrong with it...it is overexposed' date=' the man is out of focus.....but for some reason i LOVE this photo. lol. strange, right?

 

w/ Summicron 40.[/quote']

 

So far I only use RAW but this seem fun :-)

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Sunny day in Viseu de Sus, Romania

M8 / 35mm Summicron IV

 

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Jouni

 

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Same place, late afternoon.

 

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Jouni

 

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Thanks for your ideas!

 

Unfortunately I have ruled nearly all of them out already:

- the lines appear in both Aperture & ACR

- they are nearly invisible before any PP, but my b&ws are quite conservative so it shouldn't be a problem, and most certainly it hasn't been a problem before.

 

- this happens with at least with my 21mm Elmarit as well as 50mm Zeiss, not sure about the 35.

 

- the lines seem to affect bright (and possibly blue?) areas (sky), so I doubt the lens cap test will reveal anything, but will give it a go.

 

And before anyone asks other usual but irrelevant things:

- no, it's not the memory card

- no, it's not the battery either.

 

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Oh well, it's a fantastic day, I'll try to go hunt some photos and see what turns up in those.

Try to download from a different reader, use a different USD chord/port, or directly from the camera, and to a different computer. I have seen lines from all the above being defective

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After my previous enthusiasm my M8.2 died againrecently and no coaching, changing of batteries etc would bring it back to life...just the flashing red light which I have written about before...

So actually I have changed my mind and just received a demo unit M9P ...I will send the M8 back for repair and keep it but a pity it can be a bit moody sometimes..

 

 

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I love the M8, I now have some filters for 2 of my lenses so I can finally shoot in colour but to be honest I shoot mostly B&W anyway and prefer the IR leakage 'glow' that it gives.

 

I find people tend to pixel peed and search for faults rather than just going out and shooting.

 

The IR issue is a flaw, well, the M8, with its flaws, produces excellent B&W that my MM cannot replicate. so I would say, 'it's not a flaw but a bonus'.

 

Viva La M8

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