jtorrents Posted September 1, 2009 Share #1 Posted September 1, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Amazing... LEICA M8 Metalllamellen-Schlitzverschluss 1/8000 en venta en eBay.es (finaliza el 04-sep-09 11:10:51 H.Esp) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest BigSplash Posted September 1, 2009 Share #2 Posted September 1, 2009 Amazing... LEICA M8 Metalllamellen-Schlitzverschluss 1/8000 en venta en eBay.es (finaliza el 04-sep-09 11:10:51 H.Esp) This is amazing. 1 If anyone bought it however who would fit it? I cannot believe that Leica Solms would fit it and when such a thing is fitted presumably it would be normal to service and callibrate other parts of the camera? 2 I am really trying also to understand why people that have an M8 would want this so called upgrade..it does not give 1/8000, which I actually find myself using with high speed lenses, which is a Leica strength. I believe that it is quieter, but I do not find the M8 particularly noisy and with the latest firmware noise is less of an issue anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 1, 2009 Share #3 Posted September 1, 2009 I am really trying also to understand why people that have an M8 would want this so called upgrade.. It is quieter, no doubt about that. Many of us found 1/1000 adequate in the film days, if 1/4000 isn't fast enough people can always use ND filters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 1, 2009 Share #4 Posted September 1, 2009 Just send it to Mark to fit... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigSplash Posted September 1, 2009 Share #5 Posted September 1, 2009 It is quieter, no doubt about that. Many of us found 1/1000 adequate in the film days, if 1/4000 isn't fast enough people can always use ND filters. I accept your point and believe me I also was OK with 1/1000 and I typically used this with 25 ASA film and max 64 ASA......The lowest ISO on the M8 is however 160 and personally I think that is on the high side...if we could have a much lower ISO number I guess the problem would be less. I also today find myself using f1.4 Summilux lenses more than f2.8 Elmarit or f2 Summicron that I used primarily before and I think that is a trend for many of us In my case I would need several different size ND filters to cover the range of lenses that I actually use. I agree in principle with your comment however and in fact I never thought I would EVER need even 1/4000 when I bought my M8. That said I see that I regularly have used 1/8000 this summer. If I had to look at the most used combination of aperture and speed it would probably be f4 with 1/2000 at ISO 160 and that is not giving much latitude with 1/4000. I would add that the Noctilux (I have the old one) has increasingly become a standard lens for many of the shots that I take ....as has the Summilux and I like to use these very fast lenses fairly wide open. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted September 1, 2009 Share #6 Posted September 1, 2009 Just send it to Mark to fit... :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 1, 2009 Share #7 Posted September 1, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I accept your point and believe me I also was OK with 1/1000 and I typically used this with 25 ASA film and max 64 ASA......The lowest ISO on the M8 is however 160 Which given that 1/4000 is two stops faster than 1/1000 means that you can use the same f stop with the M8 at ISO 160 as you could with a film M at ISO 40. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caparobertsan Posted September 2, 2009 Share #8 Posted September 2, 2009 Mark can fit it , I think!!! Would you do it Mark? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted September 2, 2009 Share #9 Posted September 2, 2009 Looks like this person sent his camera in for upgrade and asked for the replaced parts to be returned. Never thought of doing that! These parts are only suitable for an unmodified, original M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jquimby Posted September 3, 2009 Share #10 Posted September 3, 2009 For a moment I thought that Mark was financing his new M9 by selling one of his M8's one piece at a time.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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