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I recently bought the M8, it's my 2nd rangefinder next to the M2. I read all the (positive and negative) reviews online and decided to give it a shot. I found one cheap, with only about 5000 clicks and only minor signs of use (it's in great shape to be honest!) and the store had a great return policy for occasions (return it within 2 weeks and you get a full refund!). With my D800 and A7 i shoot Raw. But after what I read i wanted to try the B&W Jpegs. So i decided to be wild and go DNG + JPEG fine.

Afterwards i got this straight out of the camera. What can I say? I think you've got to love it or hate it. I know I love it :) I love my M8!

 

ps. don't judge the boring composition, it was only a quick test on my way to the bus ;)

 

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Love those colours and the lines. I'm working on a tablet at the moment but the shades of pastels (of Basel) comes through..very nice. Again from Mr mnutzer.

 

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I have question about BW JPEG1 ISO 1250 images from M8. I like what I'm getting from my M4-2 with HP5+ @1200-1600 if I'm using it under evening light (sun is low or gone, but it is still not dark). 

Is it OK to use M8 for light conditions like this at ISO1250 for BW?

Something like this (HP5+ @1200) ?

 

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I have question about BW JPEG1 ISO 1250 images from M8. I like what I'm getting from my M4-2 with HP5+ @1200-1600 if I'm using it under evening light (sun is low or gone, but it is still not dark). 

Is it OK to use M8 for light conditions like this at ISO1250 for BW?

Something like this (HP5+ @1200) ?

 

 

Have you ever tried DNGs out of the M8 at lowest possible ISO 160 ?

If it might become too slow for your shutter, you can underexpose up to three, sometimes even five aperture stops and correct them afterwards in Lightroom, Photoshop or Capture One.

 

If there is enough time for composing the photos, one may try the special factory program RAW+JPG, but this needs the "button dance" before photographing and a special droplet "m8raw2dng" for processing 14-bit-DNGs from the RAWs together with the JPGs.

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/216705-m8raw2dng-tool-to-convert-leica-m8-raw-files-to-dng/page-1

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With Color Skopar 35 2.5 at f8 and Leica flash in TTL mode.

 

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I recently bought the M8, it's my 2nd rangefinder next to the M2. I read all the (positive and negative) reviews online and decided to give it a shot. I found one cheap, with only about 5000 clicks and only minor signs of use (it's in great shape to be honest!) and the store had a great return policy for occasions (return it within 2 weeks and you get a full refund!). With my D800 and A7 i shoot Raw. But after what I read i wanted to try the B&W Jpegs. So i decided to be wild and go DNG + JPEG fine.

Afterwards i got this straight out of the camera. What can I say? I think you've got to love it or hate it. I know I love it :) I love my M8!

 

ps. don't judge the boring composition, it was only a quick test on my way to the bus ;)

 

Cheers!

 

 

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