> > On 5/11/08, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: > > ><http://www.richcutler.co.uk/r-d1/> > > Interesting - as of last year he has sold his R-D1 and got an M8. > > Bob, have a read at the bottom of the page..... >
I'm not creating an M8 website for him. He's right about the white balance and exposure compensation, up to a point. But the point of the M8 is continuity with the M heritage, so you can't go willy-nilly adding buttons and dials all over the place. It's silly to buy an M8 then moan because it's not a different camera. Camera white balance is irrelevant if you shoot raw anyway, and the M8 is notorious for its rather random auto white balance. As for exposure compensation, pah! That's what manual is for. The chap who supplied me with my M8 recommended that I leave it with -.3 of a stop compensation so that I wouldn't blow the highlights. What a ridiculous idea. ISO setting is perhaps more of an issue - you have to use a menu to set it. The earlier Ms had a dial on the back for setting ISO, but that area is used by the preview screen on the M8, and there are already a few 'extra' dials on the back needed to control the electronics. It's hard for me to see where an iso dial would go without spoiling the M continuity. It also has funny iso steps - starting at 160, 320 etc. which is a little unconventional - I would have expected a 400 setting in keeping with the Tri-X heritage. I have set mine to 320 and will probably just keep it there or on 160. It's not something you could just change at will on a film camera, after all. Bob -- 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.
