rfleica Posted October 3, 2006 Share #1 Posted October 3, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) It's worth checking out the new downloadable pdf at Leica Camera AG - Photography - M8 where you will see a link to Brochure. There are a number of "urban landscape/street" pictures taken by Magnum photographer Wheatley. One of them also features on a mocked up(?) M8 LCD. Given the positioning of the pix (between M8 and M7 sections), it's not clear what camera took them. They are also the only feature pictures which do not specify (i think) the M model. So...are these a bunch of M8 pictures? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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frc Posted October 3, 2006 Share #2 Posted October 3, 2006 Hi Rfleica, This same question I put foreward in an other thread. No one seems to know, or at least there was no positive responce. At first I had the impression the were done with an M8. Just not that sure about it anymore. But they're good pictures regardless of which camera was used. regads, Fr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frc Posted October 3, 2006 Share #3 Posted October 3, 2006 Just had a good look at the pics. The chap with the cigaret behind his ear holding the M8 is definitely not Wheatley. And he's in the picture we see, not taking it. Still have no clue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted October 3, 2006 Share #4 Posted October 3, 2006 It's worth checking out the new downloadable pdf at Leica Camera AG - Photography - M8where you will see a link to Brochure. There are a number of "urban landscape/street" pictures taken by Magnum photographer Wheatley. One of them also features on a mocked up(?) M8 LCD. Given the positioning of the pix (between M8 and M7 sections), it's not clear what camera took them. They are also the only feature pictures which do not specify (i think) the M model. So...are these a bunch of M8 pictures? These pictures (brochure pages 32-35) do seem to be the from the same series by Wheatley as those on pages 27-31 of the recent LFI, which are definitely M8 photos. According to LFI the camera they were given to review was a 'pre-serial' model with incomplete firmware - as, presumably, was the one used by Wheatley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted October 3, 2006 Share #5 Posted October 3, 2006 5 out of 7 of the Wheatley pictures in the Leica brochure are the same as those shown in the article on the M8 in the British Journal of photography. The other two are the same same subject matter so I would assume they're also M8 pictures. Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted October 3, 2006 Share #6 Posted October 3, 2006 That is a very intelligently designed brochure; very well thought-out. Added later: That is, until I hit the line: "The best lenses produce the best pictures..." But then marketing deals largely in illusion so that kind of nonsense is to be expected, I guess. Too bad the typo'd section about "aperture priority with 2-12 second delay" made it past the proofreaders. BTW, those Simon Wheatley pictures in the brochure are from the M8. Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryK Posted October 4, 2006 Share #7 Posted October 4, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) “I found that when I started unsing M-series cameras, photography suddenly became very simple... And I welcome the arrival of this sim- plicity to the digital age.” Another typo on page 31. It should be "using", not "unsing"... Regards, Larry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted October 4, 2006 Share #8 Posted October 4, 2006 Typo's notwithstanding, it's a very classy brochure. I particularly like the balance between the cameras and the photographs: it seems to sum up the M series rather nicely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted October 4, 2006 Share #9 Posted October 4, 2006 Notwithstanding proof reading, um, and layout, I got a bit of a chuckle from 'The modern metal-blade slotted shutter enables extremely fast flash synchronization times down to 1/250 second' That bit must be some sort of convoluted advert for the current R. Or convul(u)sive ad. :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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