petermcwerner
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It looks like I shall be the one discordant voice in this forum. I pre-ordered the M8 in June but the more I read about it, the more I doubt whether it is the right camera for me. I am definitely not a "street photographer"; I do mainly macros in nature, architecture, landscapes, travel photography. I have a long RF experience with the IIIb, M3, and M4 and had made quite a few macros with the IIIb and the NOOKY attachment on Kodachrome 25 - it was not a good solution, nor is the current Macro Elmarit for the M series.
When I could finally afford it, I swapped the IIIb for (in chronological order) Exakta, Alpa Reflex , Nikon F, F3, F100, F5), although I also kept an M3, later M4, which have mainly been sleeping on a shelf. I was one of the first to get an R9+DMR in July 2005 and I love the results but not the weight and bulk.
Now I was one of the first on the bandwagon to pre-order an M8, pushed by the general enthusiasm on this and other fora . My present equipment is R9+DMR, Digilux 2 , FX01 aka c-lux as carry-always and Nikon D200 when I need auto focus).
I now wonder whether the M8, good as it may be technically, will be my cup of tea. By now I am accustomed to zoom lenses and the D2 with its 2.0/28-90mm lens seems ideal when I do not want to carry the weight and bulk of the DMR system.
I do not need high ISO performance, I learnt to use Kodachrome 25 and super fine grain document film for maximum resolution: ADOX KB14 (25 ISO) thin emulsion ultra high resolution, Agfa Dokupan (10 ISO) developed to a gamma of 0.7-0.8). Now I use the digitals mostly at ISO 80-100 to get the best results.
As I said, I am not sure that ordering the M8 was really a good decision. Do others have the same sort of doubts?
Cheers
Peter
When I could finally afford it, I swapped the IIIb for (in chronological order) Exakta, Alpa Reflex , Nikon F, F3, F100, F5), although I also kept an M3, later M4, which have mainly been sleeping on a shelf. I was one of the first to get an R9+DMR in July 2005 and I love the results but not the weight and bulk.
Now I was one of the first on the bandwagon to pre-order an M8, pushed by the general enthusiasm on this and other fora . My present equipment is R9+DMR, Digilux 2 , FX01 aka c-lux as carry-always and Nikon D200 when I need auto focus).
I now wonder whether the M8, good as it may be technically, will be my cup of tea. By now I am accustomed to zoom lenses and the D2 with its 2.0/28-90mm lens seems ideal when I do not want to carry the weight and bulk of the DMR system.
I do not need high ISO performance, I learnt to use Kodachrome 25 and super fine grain document film for maximum resolution: ADOX KB14 (25 ISO) thin emulsion ultra high resolution, Agfa Dokupan (10 ISO) developed to a gamma of 0.7-0.8). Now I use the digitals mostly at ISO 80-100 to get the best results.
As I said, I am not sure that ordering the M8 was really a good decision. Do others have the same sort of doubts?
Cheers
Peter