Should I?

[JWW]

Nick,

I noticed that since I bought my m8 over a year ago that I take a lot more pictures and carry it around a lot more than I do my M3. Also I tend to appreciate how certain lenses such as the 75lux and 50preasph lux look like wide open since it's easy to get instant feedback. Don't forget that if you take thousands of pictures a year, the cost and time savings of processing/scanning can pay for the camera.

Jan

 

[Cindy Flood]

Sigh, I very rarely post in this sub-forum.

But *IF* I am thinking to get an M8, I won't be basing my decision on Image Quality. It is not fair, 5D sporting a Summilux-R 35/1.4 *will* kick M8's pants 🙂 Bigger sensor, made by Canon. 'Nuff said.

I have to disagree with this statement. I had a 5D when I bought my M8. I did not have a 35 Summilux-R on it, but I had a 35 Summicron-R, 50 Summilux-R , 50 Summicron-R, 60 macro-R. I also had some of Canons best L lenses, including 85L f/1.2. I planned to keep the 5D, but after a few months I felt that it was such a waste that it was sitting there, rarely used. The 5D files are very good, but the M8 files are better (IMHO) and require less post processing.
'Nuff said....I've been there.

 

[chikne]

It's all been said before ... the M8 is an enigma. It can be the most frustrating overpriced pile of rubbish ever made one day ... and the camera of the gods the next!

Get it ... hate it ... love it! 😛

Sounds similar to marmite =)

 

[Patman]

The Perfect Camera

The Perfect Camera

I love it! This photo was shot at about 12PM with a temperature of 6 degrees, with a wind chill of -30. While walking the dog I noticed how the light lit this scene, went in and got my camera, set it for iSO 640 and shot this handheld at 1/15 of a sec. No fogging of lens and a perfect image with barely any post processing. My Nikon D200, speaking from experience, would have fogged up almost immediatly and I doubt I would have been able to get a handheld like this,

 

[shadowfox]

I have to disagree with this statement. I had a 5D when I bought my M8. I did not have a 35 Summilux-R on it, but I had a 35 Summicron-R, 50 Summilux-R , 50 Summicron-R, 60 macro-R. I also had some of Canons best L lenses, including 85L f/1.2. I planned to keep the 5D, but after a few months I felt that it was such a waste that it was sitting there, rarely used. The 5D files are very good, but the M8 files are better (IMHO) and require less post processing.
'Nuff said....I've been there.

Cindy, with respect, the amount of post processing is heavily dependent on your workflow and your finished image style. Maybe yours are more suitable to files coming out of the M8, but many photographers that I came in contact with said the opposite.

Just curious, I find it hard to believe that M8 files requires less processing than Canon. Do you only shoot Black and White? If not, did you not have problems with black becoming purple? and lastly, what extra post-processing do you have to do on the files from the 5D?

 

[sunsworth]

Cindy, with respect, the amount of post processing is heavily dependent on your workflow and your finished image style. Maybe yours are more suitable to files coming out of the M8, but many photographers that I came in contact with said the opposite

My experience with both the 5D and M8 mirrors that of Cindy. I've hardly used the 5D since I bought the M8 just over a year ago.

As for workflow, I've not noticed any real difference between the two, other than that I need to sharpen the M8 files a lot less than I used to have to with the 5D.

Using the Photokit sharpeners I regularly back off the opacity of the sharpening layers to 60-70%. With the 5D I'd leave them at 100%.

 

[cmogi10]

Gosh Honey
That's exactly what everyone's been saying
Props for reading between the lines!

No one can compete with Kodak's three year old magic sensor.