proenca
Proenca
Well, there I was, starting my Asian vacation and guess where was the first stop : Singapore. I was resisting all those digital mambo jambos when in Funan Center, a shop with a chrome MP sparkled my interest.
He had a small but nice Leica section and then I saw the M8 on promotion.. gosh.. can't be... was... cheap... well, cheap by Leica standards that is.
I picked up the thing and few SD cards and there I was, the film man, shooting away. I was worried that the M8 couldnt do landscapes, the sensor wouldn't be capable of getting decent gradients, the dynamic range would be bad, my beloved summilux will not produce the same bokeh that pleases me... but in the end, I think my fears were wrong.
Judge yourselves , please be gentle, afterall this is my first time with the M8 🙂
well the 'lux still manages to output the same bokeh, as you can see, but now I need a wider 'lux 🙂
Gradient wise, I like it :
trust me, absolut minimal post processing was done, the colours were REALLY like this :
and it can do wildlife as well !
black and white in this camera REALLY EXCELLS.. the photos just scream BW
Well, this is my first batch ( well, out of a few hundred ) of my M8.. overall I'm pleased : I have a 6 photo panorama that turned out very nice... I do need to get a decent polarizer and ND filter, but need to settle for a WA lens first...
All the photos taken with a Summilux 50 1.4 pre-ASPH.
Im impressed with the dynamic range of the camera, smooth gradients and low noise ( up to 640 is very nice ), even 1250 and 2500 are somewhat usable... specially 1250...
On the downside, the white balance. since I shoot only RAW, its ok, but c'mon... couldn't they put a decent AWB sensor in a camera like this ? It's terrible...
Sorry for the long post, but well, I liked what I see. Had to share 🙂
He had a small but nice Leica section and then I saw the M8 on promotion.. gosh.. can't be... was... cheap... well, cheap by Leica standards that is.
I picked up the thing and few SD cards and there I was, the film man, shooting away. I was worried that the M8 couldnt do landscapes, the sensor wouldn't be capable of getting decent gradients, the dynamic range would be bad, my beloved summilux will not produce the same bokeh that pleases me... but in the end, I think my fears were wrong.
Judge yourselves , please be gentle, afterall this is my first time with the M8 🙂
well the 'lux still manages to output the same bokeh, as you can see, but now I need a wider 'lux 🙂
Gradient wise, I like it :
trust me, absolut minimal post processing was done, the colours were REALLY like this :
and it can do wildlife as well !
black and white in this camera REALLY EXCELLS.. the photos just scream BW
Well, this is my first batch ( well, out of a few hundred ) of my M8.. overall I'm pleased : I have a 6 photo panorama that turned out very nice... I do need to get a decent polarizer and ND filter, but need to settle for a WA lens first...
All the photos taken with a Summilux 50 1.4 pre-ASPH.
Im impressed with the dynamic range of the camera, smooth gradients and low noise ( up to 640 is very nice ), even 1250 and 2500 are somewhat usable... specially 1250...
On the downside, the white balance. since I shoot only RAW, its ok, but c'mon... couldn't they put a decent AWB sensor in a camera like this ? It's terrible...
Sorry for the long post, but well, I liked what I see. Had to share 🙂
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