M8 and studio work

[rHytHm]

Curious to know anyone here with an m8 is using there's for studio work such as portraits?

For quite sometime I have been shooting with nikon dslr's either with CLS or pocketwizards for off light triggers. I use my dslr so seldom these days that I am considering ditching my dslr and switching to the m8.

I have been shooting with my m6 and other rangefinders for sometime and have always preferred RF to SLR format.

Any thoughts or recommendations? Should I consider an Epson RD1 at all?

 

[Tuolumne]

The R-D1 is great. Wonderful colors, very acceptable noise, even at 1600 ISO. I don't shoot in a studio and I haven't used an M8, so I can't comment or make a comparison. The R-D1 does have a 1.5x crop ratio, vs 1.33x for the M8, if that's an issue for you.

/T

 

[Uwe_Nds]

I tried it out and I am quite satisfied with its performance.

Cheers,
Uwe

 

[kevin m]

I have used the M8 and the R-D1 with a Microsync digital wireless system to trigger strobes for plenty of studio work. (Pocket Wizards are too big for my tastes)...

Thanks for the heads-up on the Microsync system.

 

[Gray Fox]

You might want to check out the Strobist website and scroll down to the recent product release on the way improved Radio Popers, aka Ebay triggers. They look impressive and mucho cheaper than Pocket Wizards, smaller, too.

 

[aniMal]

I have used the M8 in the studio a lot. It really is essential to use an IR filter, other than that it is close to perfect for my kind of work.

Its something about lacking that anti-alias filter that gives really sharp images, far better than what I get with Nikon dSLRs...

Besides that, it is very relaxing and effective not having to deal with autofocus - with aperture settings between 8 and 11 it is so much easier with full manual control! The equivalent would be getting a split screen for my Nikons, which I haven´t gotten around to yet...

 

[szekiat]

No idea on the studio use but i'd not bother with the cactus. I bought a few sets recently for my other work and found that they don't sync reliably above 1/30, at 1/30 do not consistently fire, and when firing, it tends to fire mid curtain rather than front or rear sync. Worth the while? I ended up having to rent a set of wizards which were reliable even a block down the road. Guess what i'm saving up for?

I understand that the radiopoppers brand (google it) offers ttl etc for canon. Its only available in US so i can't try it yet. Might be worth a look.