Studio Shot Useing The Leica M8

[Sailor Ted]

OK guys I illuded yesterday to the kind of detail I am getting under studio conditions with my new Leica M8. Here is a test shot taken at the begining of todays session. You can link to my Flickr account for the full rez image- I'll post one more test shot useing the 50mm Summicron. This shot was taken with my 21mm Zeiss. Care to guess which lens is sharpest?

High Rez Links: http://www.flickr.com/gp/67887453@N00/ILl195

[gdi]

Is that your RF Adjustor screwdriver?? :)

[Sailor Ted]

For my R-D1s? Seriously the range finder is as one should expect, very robust on the Leica- thank goodness.

[Sailor Ted]

One more as promised. Perhaps I'll post one or two of the product shots later tonight (though it's a new product roll out for CES and "top secret" until then : )

[JohanV]

Is that dust on your sensor or dirt on your background?

[iml]

Why not do a comparison shot with the same lens on the R-D1? Since you have a studio setup there, you should be able to make some pretty direct comparisons.

Ian

[Sailor Ted]

Not sure on the dust vs. dirt.

As to why I did not do an R-D1s vs. M8 comparison my R-D1s is back with Robert White for exchange as it's VF went out of alignment after only three days ownership and got progressively worse over the next three weeks.

When I get it back I'll do a little test however I’m sure of the outcome- the R-D1 is a little soft however this may not be a bad thing when hand held in low light plus I love the way it paints an image and feels in my hand. These are two very different tools.

These M8 images are sharp no?

[AlaBill]

Thanks a bunch for the high res upload.

They are sharp.

Bill

[Trius]

The real story here: Ikea rules!

[Sailor Ted]

Ok here's a sample of one product shot abstractly cropped to protect it's identity for it's CES debut.

[MelanieC]

The thumbnail made me think it was a Spidey suit.

[marco_rol]

Ted - images do look very sharp...looks like high-end audio cable. New Synergistic Research speaker cable perhaps? ;)