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What time does UPS usually show up in your neighborhood? I've got an m8 coming in today, and I don't want to leave the house, incase I miss it. Usually the UPS guys leave packages by the front door, but don't want to take any chances today.

Mr. UPS man, hurry up please!
 
Depends on what it says on the tracking information. If it says guaranteed delivery by the end of the day, it could be delivered by 7-8pm. Just pray that your UPS guy has a priority overnight on his truck so you get yours early.
 
I've known my UPS guy for so long he has a key to my store! It's (usually) nice getting to work and finding a stack of boxes waiting for me.

Bob
 
My UPS man is a woman... and she arrives about 8:30 PM. Why do you ask... is your package being delivered to my house?
 
. . . . . usually an afternoon delivery. If I take the afternoon off work then he delivers at 7 to 8 PM. If I work and arrive home by 4:30, then he has attempted delivery prior to 4:00 PM and I call and then drive approxiamely 7 miles south and pick up the package that evening when the truck returns.

Good luck with the M8!
 
seakayaker1 said:
. . . . . usually an afternoon delivery. If I take the afternoon off work then he delivers at 7 to 8 PM. If I work and arrive home by 4:30, then he has attempted delivery prior to 4:00 PM and I call and then drive approxiamely 7 miles south and pick up the package that evening when the truck returns.

Good luck with the M8!
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arrived an hour ago!

first impression: its amazing how similar it feels to the m6 in my hands, despite the fatter body. its funny, because my thumb automatically wants to hold onto a 'shutter cocking thing'. its way too dark to test it out right now. i think tomorrow i'll make sure it focuses well with my 1 lens i have.

i did shoot some shots around the house, and as far as ergonomics go, i think its just as good as the m6. i think maybe the m6 has the slight edge though. also, i thought i'd like A mode...but now that i have it, i find myself going back to manual metering...its amazing how the m6 taught me how to over/under expose depending on how light is falling on the scene. in that sense, yes the m6 has made me more aware of light.

i have a 50mm lens, and the smaller area of the frame lines of the m8 are a bit of a bummer. but i guess i can live with it. i don't mind the fov though. i prefer 50mm though, but the crop factor is not a deal breaker.


i do have an important question though. the description for this m8 said it had a sapphire screen. first of all, how can i tell if my screen is sapphire or not? looks like a normal screen to me. i ask this, because from what i know, sapphire screen means the m8 was updated. and part of that update includes removing 1/8000th shutter speed, so that max is 1/4000. but the max shutter speed on my m8 is 1/8000. which leads me to believe, that it does NOT have a sapphire screen, and therefore was NOT upgraded? i hope this is not the case.


if it was upgraded, i figured that it would have been 'fixed' if it was an earlier model, which had some issues. which leads me to my next question about serial number, and actuations. how do i find these out?

high iso is disappointing, but i had already read about this, so not surprised. so far, i'm really liking the way color gets rendered in digital files, in low iso shots (640 and below). i definitely look forward to shooting some test shots tomorrow when its bright out!
 
Rangeman133 said:
if it was upgraded, i figured that it would have been 'fixed' if it was an earlier model, which had some issues. which leads me to my next question about serial number, and actuations. how do i find these out?
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The upgrades for the M8 were offered piecemeal. You could get the tighter framelines, the quiet shutter which eliminated the 1/8000 shutter speed, or the sapphire glass. You did not have to get all of them.

When My M8 was upgraded I only got the framelines and quiet shutter. Didn't bother with the sapphire glass.

And if your M8 went in for service previously you're better off for it. In my experience the M8's were rushed out and a lot of them were off rangefinder calibration as well. If the previous owner sent it in the focus was likely checked over so you should be good to go.

The number scheme is a fairly accurate indication of shutter count but it can be reset. The only way to be sure is to look at the EXIF info of an image. In there there's some hexadecimal code or something that needs to be translated to give you your shutter count. It's annoying to do but not all that difficult.
 
Good Luck!

Good Luck!

Rangeman133 said:
What time does UPS usually show up in your neighborhood? I've got an m8 coming in today, and I don't want to leave the house, incase I miss it. Usually the UPS guys leave packages by the front door, but don't want to take any chances today.

Mr. UPS man, hurry up please!
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I hope you enjoy your new camera and don't have all the problems with the M8 that so many have had.
 
To answer three of your questions, the first being that you can buy a Thumbie to replace the advance lever, this also keeps your hotshoe free for a flash etc.

The high ISO performance should not be judged on the LCD (but you probably know that by now), however the latest versions of Photoshop and Lightroom offer significantly better noise filtering than many other dedicated software programmes. Give high ISO a proper try, don't underexpose, and just equate any noise to grain in your minds eye and you will see it is still better IQ than a 1600 ISO film!

For finding shutter actuations, go to your EXIF file and find 'Unique Image ID'. This is a hex number, so copy the last characters (ignore preceeding 0's) and Google a Hexadecimal/Decimal converter. Put the characters in and out will come a proper number in decimal, that is your shutter count.

P.S. Sorry I forgot to say congratulations on your new camera!

Steve
 
thanks for the advice above! i think i'll definitely look into the thumbie, looks like it will come in handy! also, i'm gonna look around for a carrying case and strap. i'm too afraid i'll drop the camera without one.

the last digits for the unique image id are 958. i plugged it into an online hexadecimal calculator, and got 2392. i'm not sure if that's good or not. i know its a relatively low number...but i read somewhere, its better to buy an m8 with more actuations, so that its less likely to fail.

also, where can i find the serial number of the camera? thanks, sorry for all the questions. i feel a little uncertain right now. its too early in the morning right now, and still too dark to test the camera out, and the focusing. but i guess i'll do that later today. thanks again for the advice!
 
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