New M8 Ninja Found- Look OUT This Ones a Shooter!

Thanks for the link, great stuff! Finally something different than dogs in the garden or kids reading on the couch...

Giulio
 
OK, got it

OK, got it

Thanks Ted.

Sailor Ted said:
ampuy,
I have it on good authority that captainvideo uses Aperture for his shots and starts from Velvia presets in that application. I think the moral of the story is experiment, experiment, and experiment- find out what the unique characteristics and strengths of the tool of your choice and run with them. The digital medium is not film and as such must be expressed in it's own way.

Cheers,
Ted
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Interesting work, but IMO it has nothing to do with the M8. Any camera (film or digital) could do the same when combined with some post. This is about the photographer, not the camera. Oh wait, that's the point...

Not casting aspersions on the M8. I admire this guy's vision and execution. So that he can do it with an M8 is a tribute to the M8 ... as his tool.
 
Trius said:
Interesting work, but IMO it has nothing to do with the M8.
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That was my thought exactly, the guy has a great eye and his photos are consistently good no matter what camera he is using.
 
Papayas and Mangoes

Papayas and Mangoes

True true- captainvideo could use a camera phone and create an iconic image. In fact take a look at the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima in WWII with Ira Hayes and crew fresh from battle- the image was iconic not the camera and perhaps not even the photographer. Now take a closer look at captainvideos work with different cameras- all have a common thread and yet all have their own unique characteristics. Among these are the images shot with the M8 and these images possess detail, clarity, and color unique from his other images made on other cameras and hence these images stand out.

There is no Holy Grail of cameras but the M8 comes darn close- to quote one M8 photographer I know; are you listening buddy? : )

PS. Rather then repost my last post on "is the M8 a rugged camera" this post should be taken in context with the points I made there. Thanks.
 
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I honestly didn't feel like the M8 stuff stood out, but looks like you are enjoying yours and putting it to good use and that's the bottom line in most any endeavor, yeah?
 
>I think captainvideo should edit down his 1500 images to the best 150, then
>it'll be more worth a look, IMHO.

Totally. More is not better.

Too many variations on the same theme risks exhausing the viewer often before they even see the best stuff.

[Cliche Warning]

Less is more. It definitely applies in this case.
 
Well for me, a student of the M8 and any photog who’s putting it to good use, I find his blog and others an invaluable lesson in what's possible and a daily inspiration for my own work. Flicker is not a top 150 repository it's a casual place to share your evolving work and to test new ideas, exchange comments about images, gear, subject matter, etc. before handing it off to more critical and or commercial venues. Actually Flickr has an answer to this question regarding quantity vs. so called quality- it's called "sets" and anyone can create as many sets as they wish and put any number of photographs based on any critera they wish- including a top 150, 15, pictures of you dogs, etc.

As to capatainvideo, he could no doubt support an opening in lower Manhattan of this I'm sure.
 
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Love to see the 21mm Elmarit work posted here. Got my M8 back from Solms last week and should get my newly coded 21mm Elmarit back from Leica later this week. I can't wait to marry the two and shoot.

-g
 
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