Typical use of M8?

[inuaart]

I asked this at another forum, but thought I would get more info here:
"May be a silly question.
Who is the typical user of an M8?
Not sport and wildlife I suppose. Photojournalism?
Looks very tempting, discreet, low weight and outstanding IQ.
Regards
Ole G. "

I know street and documentary-what else?
Ole G.

 

[kshapero]

Someone with a lot of money. or who lives near a generous pawn shop.

 

[m-waters]

The artist who sees photography as art

 

[JohanV]

Who is the typical user of an M8?

Looks very tempting, discreet, low weight and outstanding IQ.

Well, I can only speak for myself, I ordered an M8, am very tempting (i'm often told), discreet, outstanding IQ, only the low weight is a thing of the past...

 

[jaapv]

I would not call myself tempting, discreet or low weight in any way, but an outstanding IQ? Yes please! 😀

Seriously, I don't think there will be a "typical" user; the camera will be too versatile for that.

 

[Ben Z]

If there will be a "typical" user, or at least a defining characteristic of the majority of users, it will probably be someone who uses or used to use an M film camera.

 

[J. Borger]

I asked this at another forum, but thought I would get more info here:
"May be a silly question.
Who is the typical user of an M8?
Not sport and wildlife I suppose. Photojournalism?
Looks very tempting, discreet, low weight and outstanding IQ.
Regards
Ole G. "

I know street and documentary-what else?
Ole G.

Typical user ..... Such thing does not exist ....

Leicas positions the M8 as a camara especially for:
- available light photography
- documentary photography
- travel photography
- fine art photography

They state explicitely they want the M8 to penetrate the DSLR market not as a substitute but as an addition ..... the LF/MF/ Canon Nikon professional series users .......... people serious about photograhy who use the M8 for certain applications and personal work. Who are tired of carrying several KGs of photogear all day.
Not very different from what an M always was!

Well and an M has of course a good deal of snob-appeal .... 🙂

 

[jaapv]

Btw, mine WILL be used for wildlife; I have a Visoflex and focal lengths up to 800 mmm.

 

[Goodyear]

Leicas positions the M8 as a camara especially for:
- available light photography
- documentary photography
- travel photography
- fine art photography

Travel and available light are what brought me to RFs anyway - and for those I would use an M8, could I afford it 😉

 

[J. Borger]

Btw, mine WILL be used for wildlife; I have a Visoflex and focal lengths up to 800 mmm.

Well ....... Winogrand used 28mm on his M to shoot animals in the zoo with great succes as we all know😎 😀

 

[devils-advocate]

An interesting question.

I would risk to venture these thoughts: Leica M _*users* (as opposed to mere purchasers) share a number of traits which include a passionate love of photogrpahy as a narrative art for (as distinct from the purely aesthetic), an intense interest in the human condition (both in its more extreme and quotident iterations), a fetishistic love of beautifully conceived and executed machines coupled, ironically, with goal of having as little technological mediation between their eye and the subject, a dichotomy which also takes shape in a desire to be unburdened by their camera equipment while milly being obsessed about realizing maximum image quality.

Leica users also tend to be either sufficiently dedicated to these goals to make the sacrifices necessary to afford their tools of choice, or are successful enough in their endeavours to do so.

- N.

 

[Sparrow]

I asked this at another forum, but thought I would get more info here:
"May be a silly question.
Who is the typical user of an M8?
Not sport and wildlife I suppose. Photojournalism?
Looks very tempting, discreet, low weight and outstanding IQ.
Regards
Ole G. "

I know street and documentary-what else?
Ole G.

Hi Ole, why do you ask? What answer did you get on the other forum anyway? you don’t say.
And yes, with respect, I think you’re right it probably is a silly question.

 

[E_Aiken]

guys who post overexposed pictures of their front yards on the fredmiranda forums?

(i kid, i kid. sort of.)

 

[ywenz]

guys who post overexposed pictures of their front yards on the fredmiranda forums?

(i kid, i kid. sort of.)

Guys who post endless lens test shots in their RFF gallery will find the M8 to be a superior camera base on which they can carry out more lens comparos... (I kid, I kid...)

 

[E_Aiken]

Guys who post endless lens test shots in their RFF gallery will find the M8 to be a superior camera base on which they can carry out more lens comparos... (I kid, I kid...)

i should do that, then I'd be able to justify getting one...

 

[Sparrow]

i should do that, then I'd be able to justify getting one...

An m8 or a gallery?

 

[E_Aiken]

An m8 or a gallery?

you just blew my mind.

 

[inuaart]

Hi Ole, why do you ask? What answer did you get on the other forum anyway? you don’t say.
And yes, with respect, I think you’re right it probably is a silly question.

The answers I got(FM-forum) was: street photography, documentary and one poster would try it for landscape panos.
Silly or not 🙂 I was just curious to find out how it was used by most photographers.

And IQ remains to be seen, we just think it will be good. And it probably will!

Thanks all.
Ole G.

 

[wparsons]

I was reading the early posts and was about to say that the M8 will do anything other than long-lens photography. Of course, with a visoflex, the long lenses come into play. As I'm still working on my Visoflex kit, I didn't think of it right away.

Everything else is on.

Plus, since Leica makes the best lenses, the best pix will come from this camera (well, I guess we have to depend on the photog's skill, but the images from the RD-1 and the DMR, using Leica lenses show what can be.

 

[Sparrow]

The answers I got(FM-forum) was: street photography, documentary and one poster would try it for landscape panos.
Silly or not 🙂 I was just curious to find out how it was used by most photographers.

And IQ remains to be seen, we just think it will be good. And it probably will!

Thanks all.
Ole G.

My apologies, "typical use" is a legitimate question. It was "typical user" I thought silly to define.

Sorry