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newyorkone
11-02-2006, 10:15
More M8 shots by a Leica-Camera-User.com member...stunning.
Ywenz...do these look like your camcorder ;)
http://www.leica-camera-user.com/digital-forum/8491-m8-some-shots.html
Nachkebia
11-02-2006, 10:18
It is funny how people think sepia toning will give film look to digital image :D
On my screen that Porsche is blue.... And that Lotus green...
Nachkebia
11-02-2006, 10:22
Thats right, so you can see colors on your monitor? I thought you needed to print it :D
Nachkebia
11-02-2006, 10:26
Some more samples here, so far best digital images I have seen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_hart/sets/72157594357358794/show/
butter71
11-02-2006, 10:27
sepia toning
i don't see them as sepia toned. at least not in the traditional sense.
nice to see some non-test pictures. i like the colors in the speedster shot.
also he seems to have a 16-18-21 tri-elmar. those are the first photos i've seen (digital or film) from that lens.
newyorkone
11-02-2006, 10:29
It is funny how people think sepia toning will give film look to digital image :D
Now, come on. Sepia toning? That gripe is just stretching things a little bit.
You can do it. Say it with me...
"These M8 images are nice and very film like" :D
newyorkone
11-02-2006, 10:31
also he seems to have a 16-18-21 tri-elmar. those are the first photos i've seen (digital or film) from that lens.
Apparently he's a moderator on the Leica forums...probably has very close ties to the company. I'm not sure but it sounds like he is saying these pictures are from August???
Some more samples here, so far best digital images I have seen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_hart/sets/72157594357358794/show/
You're slipping, Vlaidmer, they are DIGITAL:eek: :eek: :eek:
But yes, you are right, pretty good.
Apparently he's a moderator on the Leica forums...probably has very close ties to the company. I'm not sure but it sounds like he is saying these pictures are from August???
Yes, that is what he said, so it must have been early beta firmware.
I have Canon digital gear, but I see the Leica look and the personality of the glass shines through. I'm very impressed. Now I want to see what my old 2.8 Summaron will do. Will it glow?
$5000 worth of stunning photos?
Some more samples here, so far best digital images I have seen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_hart/sets/72157594357358794/show/
I know you were being sarcastic, because these are horrid examples.
More M8 shots by a Leica-Camera-User.com member...stunning.
Ywenz...do these look like your camcorder ;)
http://www.leica-camera-user.com/digital-forum/8491-m8-some-shots.html
Can't see the sample images, but obviously you don't know anything about camcorders and you didn't know what I was talking about when I dropped the Panasonic DVX100 reference. What I said wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
Nachkebia
11-02-2006, 10:46
$5000 worth compactness, silense, elegance, comfort... amazing rangefinder lenses....
newyorkone
11-02-2006, 10:48
$5000 worth of stunning photos?
$4795 actually.
Yes.
newyorkone
11-02-2006, 10:52
Can't see the sample images, but obviously you don't know anything about camcorders and you didn't know what I was talking about when I dropped the Panasonic DVX100 reference. What I said wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
Yes, I'm no camcorder expert but I do know that when people refer to photos looking like a camcorder, it's not usually (if ever) a compliment.
I doubt ANYBODY thought that you meant it as a compliment especially considering that you have dissed every single M8 photo posted thus far. How convenient that you can't see these...too bad. They are quite nice.
Yes, I'm no camcorder expert but I do know that when people refer to photos looking like a camcorder, it's not usually (if ever) a compliment.
I doubt ANYBODY thought that you meant it as a compliment especially considering that you have dissed every single M8 photo posted thus far. How convenient that you can't see these...too bad. They are quite nice.
Please post the screen shot showing these images from the Leica forum. So that those of us who does not have an account on the Leica forum can see them.
butter71
11-02-2006, 10:57
I know you were being sarcastic, because these are horrid examples.
horrid artistically or horrid due to the M8?
Nachkebia
11-02-2006, 10:59
ywenz : you know the answer! :D :D
Any chance of seeing a side by side comparison of a shot made with the M8 next to one made on fine grain ISO 100 or 200 film with the same lens on a regular M body? Only then will I consider taking the M8 seriously if the posted images are close in rendition.
Nachkebia
11-02-2006, 11:08
Any chance of seeing a side by side comparison of a shot made with the M8 next to one made on fine grain ISO 100 or 200 film with the same lens on a regular M body? Only then will I consider taking the M8 seriously if the posted images are close in rendition.
How meany hours of photoshop should be spend on each digital image? :D :D :D
horrid artistically or horrid due to the M8?
These pictures are bad in both regards. However, one can not make a clear conclusion on the capabilities of the M8 because the user might be incompetent in operating the camera and/or the software.
However, one can make the conclusion in that the M8 just like the sleuth of DSLRs out there require like amounts of attention to post processing in order to achieve a film like image.
The feedback on these images is a measuring stick of the M8 proponents' expectation from the camera if they regard these images as "very nice"
How meany hours of photoshop should be spend on each digital image? :D :D :D
That's fine because I equate photoshop time to time spent in the darkroom. Since I'm incompetent when it comes to the the traditional photographic process, I like the results from photoshop better. However, if you are entirely comfortable and competent in the darkroom, then I can see why you would hate the digital process.
newyorkone
11-02-2006, 11:15
Some more samples here, so far best digital images I have seen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_hart/sets/72157594357358794/show/
These are pretty bad. The DNG's that I've seen don't look like the full size versions of these shots so clearly the user has post-processed these into digital hell. Lot's of pixelization, aliasing, etc.
I can't post the Leica forum pictures because they aren't mine. However, membership is free and it only takes a few seconds...
Nachkebia
11-02-2006, 11:17
I think full size file`s are badly jpg compressed, I am sure M8 files don`t like nothing like that...
roblumba
11-02-2006, 11:17
Ywenz,
Please enlighten us with your deep knowledge of these photos so that we can understand why they are horrid.
I'm new to this forum, but so far you have only revealed yourself as a grumpy person that inserts unthoughtful and unhelpful comments about how much you don't like the M8.
Is that really what you want to communicate?
These are pretty bad. The DNG's that I've seen don't look like the full size versions of these shots so clearly the user has post-processed these into digital hell. Lot's of pixelization, aliasing, etc.
I can't post the Leica forum pictures because they aren't mine. However, membership is free and it only takes a few seconds...
You can certainly take a screen shot of your web browser showing the images..
i've signed up with the Leica forum but apparently my new account is not allowed to view images. Whatever the problem is, my attention span is not long enough to try to figure out the problem.
newyorkone
11-02-2006, 11:24
I think full size file`s are badly jpg compressed, I am sure M8 files don`t like nothing like that...
Apparently the person took these in JPEG mode. No wonder...
I always shoot in raw anyway but sometimes I shoot JPEG on my 5D for convenience. That's not going to happen on this camera.
stevenrk
11-02-2006, 11:49
Whatever the problem is, my attention span is not long enough to try to figure out the problem.
ywenz, well that sums up your contributions rather nicely. thank you
Steve, thanks for the link.
Best, Steven
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