M8 comparison to Pana GF!

[Phillym]

I may be confused but I think my GF 1 really out performs my M8. Photo Quality up to 13x19 is basically the same but with the GF1 showing truer colors in the purples and reds. My confusion is why I spent 5 times the amount on the Leica. The GF1 short of having a built in viewfinder is as good or maybe better. With the voigtlander 40mm I even find the MF quicker.

 

[Viktor Sebastian]

Mmmm, I love the smell of flamebait in the morning.

 

[ampguy]

Try the Canon A550 with built-in zoom lens, probably < $100 on ebay. We have a 2 ft. x 3 ft. print from this camera framed on a wall.

You'll wonder why you got suckered into the GF1 after checking this out 😉

 

[Phillym]

funny you mention the A550 because I looked at that too. The poster size prints that this camera can produce are truly top of the line but then again I would be plagued with the same purple/red issue of the M8. I will just have to be content using my M8 when I know the colors suit it or use the GF1 when not printing over 13x19. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Frank Petronio]

Well I thought the G1 was pretty close if not better than my Nikon D80 and when the M8 came out I compared D80 and M8 files and thought they were pretty darn close... the GF1 is basically the same as a G1 so it's a horserace for sure.

You just need to get an M9 to maintain weapons superiority.

 

[chrishayton]

At high ISO the M8 isnt anything special but at 160-320 I have to say its amazing. massive amount of resolution. Far sharper than my Canon slrs I used to own You Have to shoot raw/dng for this though

 

[Uwe_Nds]

May well be.
The dp1 I recently sold did very well compared to a Canon 5D with the EF 28/2.8.

So if you are happy with the Panasonic, it saves you a lot of money.

Cheers,
Uwe

 

[awilder]

The beauty of the Oly m4/3 cameras is the in camera IS, decent image quality up to ISO 1600, JPEG quality close enough to RAW to just stick with JPEG 99% of the time, unlike the M8 absolutely no focus problems due to full time live view and lastly excellent color reproduction. All these things make the Oly a better bet than the M8. The only advantage of the M8 is a lower crop factor favoring wide angle shooting and no edge smear with legacy wide angle lenses.

 

[Ronald M]

Today I was behind a man checking out at Walgreens. He was picking up an 8x10 of a red Mustang convertible that looked pretty good. He rejected a 4x6 print of some people lined up for being out of focus.

He asked me if I knew anything about photography. Then asked if I could help with the focus problem. Sure. What kind of camera do you have. He pulls out a palm sized Casio P&S. SHOCK. I explained how the camera focuses where the brackets are in the center and that you could push the shutter half way to focus and recompose. I also advised him to read the manual. He smiled, thanked me, and left.

The point being even the Casio made a decent, not great, but decent large print. My ageing friend who ran a sucessful wedding business using nothing but Leicas for 20 years as a side line to his engineering work, has a Canon P&S and is impressed with the prints he can get. Although they are no Nikon or Canon or Leica cameras, they are pretty darn good.