Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-09 Thread mike wilson
_Much_ better than the previously posted stuff. Now I'm intrigued. From: Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/11/09 Thu AM 06:42:39 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled Ryan Brooks wrote: Just picked up the M8. First impressions

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-09 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Here are some samples that my friend made lately during test for Fotopolis photo portal. ISO 2500 looks pretty bad, worse than iso1600 in K10D. And last but not least - you have to change ISO and WB via menu a'la Pentax - can't be, Leica is PRO camera ;-) And sorry, but sample images are

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-09 Thread mike wilson
The URL looks to be in Invisible, rather than Polish. From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/11/09 Thu PM 12:57:11 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled Here are some samples that my friend made lately during test

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-09 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
That's typical for Polish - be invisible ;-) Thanks Mike, here is the link: http://www.fotopolis.pl/index.php?n=5059 On 09.11.2006, at 14:34 , mike wilson wrote: The URL looks to be in Invisible, rather than Polish. Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-08 Thread mike wilson
From: Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/11/08 Wed AM 06:15:25 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled I'm subscribed to the Laica list, so I've seen those already. Pretty good noise-wise, the conversions looked like she

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-08 Thread Ryan Brooks
Ryan Brooks wrote: Just picked up the M8. First impressions (pictures will have to wait until tomorrow): First test pics here: www.hack.net/m8 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Ryan Brooks
Just picked up the M8. First impressions (pictures will have to wait until tomorrow): - Really solid. - Very nice user interface (mechanical and software)... especially the menus. Super easy to navigate and work with; everything is very obvious. - Lowest ISO is 160 (1/8000th top shutter

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Nov 7, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote: Just picked up the M8. First impressions (pictures will have to wait until tomorrow): - It's built very, very well- but you can tell that the soul has changed. When you take the bottom off, it's a digi-cam- no doubt about it. I would

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Juan Buhler
Yes, but, how fast is the AF? :) Good for you Ryan. I've decided to start an M8 fund, so now all the money coming from print or book sales will go towards an M8 and (used) 35mm Summicron. Hopefully, I'll get one before the M9 comes out. Look forward to seeing some pictures from your M8! j On

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
Seriously, I would like to have one myself. It could be in the future. I'd love to see what kind of images my Summicron 50/2 produces on a digital sensor. An interesting thought. Paul On Nov 7, 2006, at 6:43 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: Yes, but, how fast is the AF? :) Good for you Ryan. I've

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Tina Manley put up a dozen or so pics she made with an M8, including a bug close-up made with a 90mm lens. Many of the pics were @ 2500 ISO and they looked pretty good. Unfortunately, I don't have the URL's for them here ... but I believe you can find her messages and the URL's here:

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Amita Guha
This is a leak? This camera is no secret - I saw one on Saturday, as I'd planned to in advance. :) Amita -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yes, I'd love to have one too. But since I no longer own any Leica M lenses, and the body is sooo expensive, I'll just wait for a 645D to appear. I'm more inclined to spend that kind of dosh on a BIG sensor, not them little piddly things that Canon calls full frame. ]'-) Godfrey On Nov 7,

Re: Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Juan Buhler
I'm subscribed to the Laica list, so I've seen those already. Pretty good noise-wise, the conversions looked like she doesn't have too much experience with. j On 11/7/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tina Manley put up a dozen or so pics she made with an M8, including a bug close-up

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/11/06, Ryan Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: - Even the LCD has a very high quality anti-reflective coating- looks like the front of a multicoated lens The exposed screen would be a show-stopper for me. Some way of covering it up with a solid panel would seem mandatory IMO. A reversible

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-15 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its real, or so it would seem, since its now up on DPreview. Spec page is interesting: • 27 x 18 mm CCD sensor (by Kodak) • 10.3 million effective pixels • 6.8 x 6.8 µm pixel pitch • RGB Color Filter Array • Offset microlenses near frame corners • No

OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
while we're having a love fest on the K10D another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation) http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while we're having a love fest on the K10D another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation) http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-)

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 14/09/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while we're having a love fest on the K10D another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation) http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-)

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
Ooh expensive, but then it's a Leica. Digital Image Studio wrote: On 14/09/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while we're having a love fest on the K10D another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation) http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html I

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread frank theriault
On 9/14/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while we're having a love fest on the K10D another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation) http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-)

Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread Gonz
Its real, or so it would seem, since its now up on DPreview. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/14/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while we're having a love fest on the K10D another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation)