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Several days. Yep. Several days In love with the idea of having a Leica M. Days and days that become years and years. But now something changed.

 

I sold all my Canon gear. And now i have a M8 + Elmarit 28 and a M2 + Elmar 50. And i cannot be more happy. Realy. This is a new world for me. And what a wonderful word this is.

 

This is love. I know that. This must be love.

 

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M8 by TheBogart, on Flickr

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Several days. Yep. Several days In love with the idea of having a Leica M. Days and days that become years and years. But now something changed.

 

I sold all my Canon gear. And now i have a M8 + Elmarit 28 and a M2 + Elmar 50. And i cannot be more happy. Realy. This is a new world for me. And what a wonderful word this is.

 

This is love. I know that. This must be love.

 

Congratulations, mate! I picked up mine last Friday.......i feel just the same way as you....except i am still waiting for my first lens to arrive this week ;)

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Leica bug got me too... Got an M8, loved it.. then sold all my Canon gear and got an M9 :D

 

I think this will be my fate too. But for now the M8 is (re)teaching me how to take a photo. It's a new world to explore, and i'm loving it!

 

Can you tell me some Tips&Tricks that can help me master this Leica?

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Congratulations. Nice to see, that there still is enthusiasm for the M8.

Have mine for more than two years now and 28 is by far my most used lens.

On most trips I actually take only this one lens, camera and lens packed in a small fogg flute bag. M8 image quality is great. Much better than most people would expect with a 10 MP sensor. The lack of AA filter really makes sense.

Enjoy your acquisition.

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Can you tell me some Tips&Tricks that can help me master this Leica?

 

Not too much to tell- Shoot DNG, use Lightroom 3.x or 4. I have not upgraded to the latter yet, will come free with my next camera. Don't believe everything you hear about High ISO- mine is fine at 1250,

 

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fireworks1 by anachronist1, on Flickr

 

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Beach Party by anachronist1, on Flickr

 

and 2500 is not bad.

 

The book " Leica M Digital Photography: M8/M8.2 Bower, Brian" came with my lightly used M8, and is a good read. IR cut filters- you can find them used, step-up rings help limit the number that you need to buy.

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What setting are best for the M8.

I have aperture and only shot jpeg today and was blown away by the quality.Particularly the b&w shot direct from the camera

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What setting are best for the M8.

 

 

Shooting DNG (raw) is best- more dynamic range is preserved, and LightRoom does a better job with noise reduction than what can be done in the camera. I tend to shoot on "auto" exposure, but be quick to add +1/3 to +1 EV with backlit subjects.

 

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CZJ Sonnar 5cm F1.5, at f4 on the Leica M8 by anachronist1, on Flickr

 

Another MUST- Sunshade for your lens. The above shot is with an Uncoated lens from the 1930s. With an SLR- you can see flare as it happens, not so with an RF. A shade is more important to eliminate unpleasant surprises.

 

+1/3rd, in-camera JPEG- before I got lightroom. Once you get a good "Raw" processor, you never use in-camera JPEG. Lightroom will batch-convert the DNG's to JPEG, allows more control and more advanced noise reduction to be used.

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