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I post this for all those interested in this sort of thing. This is a shot I took shortly after receiving my M8 with the elmarit 28mm/ASPH (the shop had one and I bought it with the camera).

 

It is not an interesting shot, the sky was very overcast, light was not good and it was shot RAW at 320 iso hand held. I don't know (most annoying Leica!) what the f number was but I normally use 5.6 for this sort of thing. When I looked at it carefully in C1 I noticed the fact that the far away pylon was surprisingly well resolved. I inlcude the full shot and the crop.

 

I think it is rather amazing and would be interested to hear others views?

 

Jeff

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Sometimes we take living with a Leica for granted. As Jaap says, we lucky M8 owners have been marveling over the quality of the camera for some time. The combination of an M8 and good glass -- and as Sean Reid and others have pointed out, it doesn't have to be Leica glass (though it helps!) -- records detail you might not ever have expected from a 35 mm-sized camera/sensor. Enjoy it.

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I would expect the tower to hold together, but the power lines even show up. That is something else!

 

Gotta agree with this. Also there is still quite a lot of detail in the stones of the path for its full length.

 

I don't know (most annoying Leica!) what the f number was but I normally use 5.6 for this sort of thing.

 

Well about the f-stop thing in the EXIF, it would require RF lenses with electronic communication to the camera -- and those don't exist!

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Some of this performance is due to C1 (OK we know that). The original image from C1 used 30/3 standard sharpening.

 

Just for interest, below is a C1 crop with no sharpening and the one from ACR (right) with default sharpening.

 

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I've had this moment a few times over the summer, taking shots in Spain and being stunned by what holds up in the background. I'll gripe about firmware and freezes and backfocus (and, lately, how LOUD it is) but all that's made up for when you look at the files and think, Wow – that's cool... :D

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