ChrisC Posted August 25, 2007 Share #21 Posted August 25, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Chad - Did you notice how many of us have checked out your work? You are in the right place for solid advice. You are rightly buying, not asking whether you should be, and the camera will be a superb addition to your armoury. Regardless of your maturity as a superb photographer, the M8 can take a lot of familiarising time. I would suggest you start with one lens, two at most, and ease the M8's use into your established working practice. Let the camera take over at an appropriate pace. You will make fabulous pictures with it - that much is obvious to many of us here. ............ Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Hi ChrisC, Take a look here about to buy a leica m8. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest sirvine Posted August 25, 2007 Share #22 Posted August 25, 2007 The danger for experience photgraphers is to take an M8 and apply their customary workflow. At some point, we should band together and publish an FAQ (or even a book) on how to get the best out of the post-processing side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted August 25, 2007 Share #23 Posted August 25, 2007 Regarding the lack of weather sealing... If one is lucky, the camera will survive some rain, etc. If he or she is unlucky, it may develop problems. I plan accordingly. <G> There's a lot to know about the M8 and lenses. I've been writing about both steadily for about a year now and this forum is a great resource as well. Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuckley Posted August 25, 2007 Share #24 Posted August 25, 2007 Having posted this comment, I'm now intrigued to know if anyone has any views on the weather-proofness of the M8. I took mine out in a bit of a gale with flying sand yesterday so the question is becoming of interest. Can anyone who's really put the M8 to the test comment? Guy - I had an early M8 done in by a very small amount of sand getting into the shutter. I would be very, very careful about making sure you don't have happent to you what happened to me...Cheers, JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted August 25, 2007 Share #25 Posted August 25, 2007 Rule 11: Don't change lenses in a sandstorm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest s.m.e.p. Posted August 25, 2007 Share #26 Posted August 25, 2007 any advice would be welcome.....] wait Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmiles Posted August 27, 2007 Share #27 Posted August 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Chad, Very impressive work. I have been very pleased with my M8 so far. However, an incident this past weekend has made more somewhat cautious about an endorsement. I was out of town and brought only the M8. Moving from a cool hotel room out into very humid summer weather completely shut down my camera. A 24 hour rest inside and a recharged battery brought it back to life, but I'll be going back to my old habit of carrying a back-up camera from now on. keith miles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccis Posted August 28, 2007 Share #28 Posted August 28, 2007 Chad: I love your work! IMHO, the M8 is a great tool and I'm sure you'll produce great stuff with it... What I love the most about it is its portability, lightweight and great image quality. Cheers, Riccis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB Posted August 28, 2007 Share #29 Posted August 28, 2007 I just came back from a two month canoe trip in Canada. I carried my M8, five lenses, seven after-market batteries and 18 GB of memory in a Pelican 1200 case. The after-market batteries never failed, I never used the 90mm lens, rarely used the 50mm lens, loved the CV15 lens and spent way more time late at night chimping in the tent than I could ever have anticipated. In retrospect I wish I had been more vigilant about cleaning my sensor. I had a Rocket Blower with me, but with the low light and no computer with which to download pix didn't realize that a pesky chunk of fuzz was on the sensor for almost a month. Oh well... I have no regrets about the M8 being my sole camera. I had a Ricoh GR21 as my film backup, but never used it for a single shot. Not once. 4000 pix with the M8, more or less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Walt Posted August 28, 2007 Share #30 Posted August 28, 2007 I like your work a lot. It looks like you already have a camera and don't need a new one to mess around with. Walt Walt Odets Photography Home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted August 28, 2007 Share #31 Posted August 28, 2007 Just curious but has anyone heard from Chad since he started this thread? I guess he is too busy doing what we should be, taking photographs............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philinflash Posted August 28, 2007 Share #32 Posted August 28, 2007 .... In retrospect I wish I had been more vigilant about cleaning my sensor. I had a Rocket Blower with me, but with the low light and no computer with which to download pix didn't realize that a pesky chunk of fuzz was on the sensor for almost a month. ... Dave, I know what you mean about cleaning your sensor. I went away on a 1000-exposure trip with a brand new M8 assuming the sensor would be spotless but it wasn't. Fortunately, I had no lost shots due to the unclean sensor. But you don't really need a computer to check out boogers on your sensor. Just take one exposure of the daytime sky and use the zoom wheel to take the camera LCD down to a smallish area and arrow around the frame systematically. That should reveal any material foreign matter on your sensor. Some people love their VD LED loupes but any magnifier with 4x - 5x power and a decent light source (like sunlight if you are outdoors) will help you see the offending crud. Philip Kozloff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted August 28, 2007 Share #33 Posted August 28, 2007 So, is a can of Dust-Off even more important to an M8 than an SLR? I hardly ever had to blast out my F3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philinflash Posted August 28, 2007 Share #34 Posted August 28, 2007 So, is a can of Dust-Off even more important to an M8 than an SLR? I hardly ever had to blast out my F3. Maggie, there are two schools of thought on Dust-Off: the Strongly Don'ts and the Sheepishly Dos. It is almost certainly not the best way to clean a sensor but it may be useful in a pinch. Unlike in the F3 where you essentially had a new sterile sensor area (the film frame) each time you took a shot, you are stuck with the same sensor for shot after shot in the M8 so you better take care of it. Philip Kozloff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted August 28, 2007 Share #35 Posted August 28, 2007 So, is a can of Dust-Off even more important to an M8 than an SLR? I hardly ever had to blast out my F3. Well Maggie this old time Pro still does it but it is dangerous and you have to be super careful. i don't recommend it to new folks at digital because it can get some propellent on the sensor and can be a little tough to get off. We must realize also your not working on the sensor itself but cover glass. I will tell you how i do it just because i know you want to know but be real careful. Obviously go to the menu and select sensor clean and hit the shutter. Now if you have a can of dust here is what i do , I only use it when the can is half empty so most of the propellent is gone . Now hold the camera upside down on a 45 degree angle above the can you want to aim UP and not down. take two short blasts into the air not the camera than aim at the side wall and not the sensor. Reason for this it creates a flow across the sensor and blows the dust out the other side also if propellent does come it hits the side wall and not the sensor. just do a few short blasts than check it. Don't sit on the trigger or you will see propellent. Folks leica would never recommend this , let me just say that right off the bat and I don't either but your own your own here and I have done it to every digital camera i have owned and that is many. LOL But it works and if i get grease which is normal BTW than i reach for the Eclipse 2 and the Visable Dust sensor swaps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted August 28, 2007 Share #36 Posted August 28, 2007 Thanks, Guy- great info and really not that much different than my fussy way of F3 and OM-2 cleaning. Next time I'm in Phoenix, I'm buying the drinks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted August 28, 2007 Share #37 Posted August 28, 2007 Your on and i want to get some music off Itunes that i can listen too. I listened to some the other day and loved it. I know you been asking about lenses and such but just FYI my favorite on the M8 is in order of use 28mm , 75mm, My WATE like 16mm, than my 50, 35,90 and 135 but the 28mm is a great starting lens. i also know money is the issue so look at CV 28mm 1.9 and the Zeiss 28 or a good used 28mm leica Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted August 28, 2007 Share #38 Posted August 28, 2007 Well, I wound up getting the CV 21/4 P Color-Skopar Leica M mount (the FOV comes closes to the 28mm on my F3 and D-Lux 3) and 35/1.7 Aspherical Ultron (SILVER) screw mount and an adapter for it. Here's a question, do I really need the 28 VF for the 21 or will the full frame of the M8's VF be workable after shooting a while? You know, iTunes is great, but even better, you can get my album DRM-free at Emusic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted August 28, 2007 Share #39 Posted August 28, 2007 If your not wearing glasses you can get by , it will be wider than what you see but try it first Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted August 28, 2007 Share #40 Posted August 28, 2007 OK. But I'll set aside the $145 for the external VF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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