On Jun 12, 2008, at 12:37 PM, frank theriault wrote: > Well, whether it was designed to be a war photographer's tool or not, > it's low-light capabilities are shocking, and rather sad given Leica's > legacy of lenses such as the Noctilux. > > It sounds like it's just a horrible camera at virtually any price, let > alone $10K.
The M8 may indeed have its limitations, but to call it a "horrible camera at virtually any price" is way overboard. Not having had one to work with, I'll reserve judgement on the M8's low light capabilities. I have seen low light work done with one that looked very good, however. It's worth nothing that both the Olympus E-1 and Panasonic L1 bodies, which are often disparaged for high ISO noise, etc, I find to be surprisingly good at low light work. It's at the point where I simply do not believe any opinions offered on the net on this subject as credible: I prefer to judge only after I've worked with and evaluated the equipment myself. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
