Ok then. Have it your way, believe whatever it is you want to believe, whether right or wrong. Carry on bitching about something you know little about, that few if any of you have even touched never mind experienced for yourself.
I'm done with this thread. Another grand waste of time. Godfrey PS: Tina Manley took her M8 to India recently and brought back delightful photos made with it. She's brought it to South America, Central America, and other places as well. She also has a Canon DSLR kit (5D, I think) and finds the M8 produces better photographs. http://www.tinamanley.com On Jun 12, 2008, at 7:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A lot of the pro photographers I know own a Leica M8. Very few use it. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> No argument from me about those points, William. The Leica seems >> ill-conceived for its traditional purpose. As others have said, >> the new >> purpose of a Leica is as bling, or investment on the collectors >> market. A >> camera's prestige value should flow downwards from the pointy end of >> professional usage, but Leica apparently seeks to redefine >> prestige as >> flowing upwards from the lowest common denominator of "how much >> cash can we >> screw out of our wealthy clientele who don't know shit from clay". >> >> When Godfrey points out that many pro-photographers are >> successfully using >> M8s, I am reminded that many pro-photographers could produce art >> from a >> Diana. That's no great defense for the Leica, it's praise for those >> photographers. >> >> Regards, >> Anthony Farr >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>> Behalf Of >>> William Robb >>> Sent: Friday, 13 June 2008 11:29 AM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: [OT] Leica M8 Field Test >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Anthony Farr" >>> Subject: RE: [OT] Leica M8 Field Test >>> >>> >>> >>>> I'm not talking about you of course, Mark, because I don't >>>> recall you >> ever >>>> bitching and moaning about the onerous burden of using a modern >>>> camera. >>> >>> The guy isn't bitching about using a modern camera, he is >>> bitching that >> his modern >>> Leica is >>> fundamentally useless in any of the parameters that a >>> photographer uses to >>> determine usability, >>> and doesn't perform as well as cameras five or more years old. >>> The camera needs to be disassembled to check if there is a memory >>> card in >> it. >>> Neither auto nor maual white balance seems reliable for giving >>> consistent >> white >>> balance. >>> The camera is useless to him (and honestly to most anyone else) >>> because >> the >>> images at ISO's >>> above 640 were too noisy. >>> Auto exposure was unreliable. >>> Furthermore, an *istD outperforms it's buffer size and write speeds. >>> >>> In November 2006, I wrote about the M8 >>> "They (Leica) just bought themselves a coffin and a gun. >>> Bye-Bye Leica. >>> >>> It appears that in a year and a half, they haven't corrected any >>> of the >> problems with >>> the >>> camera. That is absolutely unacceptable for a 10K piece of >>> equipment. >>> >>> William Robb >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
