Well, I pulled the trigger on an M8...

[helen.HH]

I too must be equally as Crazy.... Plain stinkin crazy with All the advances in the techno digi World, but i too will have an M8 (again)
This will be my last attempt at shooting digital, will pick 'her' up today

Had the M8 when it originally came out...it lasted me a week before I went back to film, no real issues just that purpplish hue when shooting color
But I'm really just a B&W girl

So heres to a new Attitude
Don't mind the crop factor.... Will love having & focusing a window w/RF
And the ease of Simplicity/ No crazy complicated menus to scroll thru

Wish me Luck. 😀

 

[hepcat]

I too must be equally as Crazy.... Plain stinkin crazy with All the advances in the techno digi World, but i too will have an M8 (again)
This will be my last attempt at shooting digital, will pick 'her' up today

Had the M8 when it originally came out...it lasted me a week before I went back to film, no real issues just that purpplish hue when shooting color
But I'm really just a B&W girl

So heres to a new Attitude
Don't mind the crop factor.... Will love having & focusing a window w/RF
And the ease of Simplicity/ No crazy complicated menus to scroll thru

Wish me Luck. 😀

Good luck Helen. With some practice, that M8 will positively sing for you. 🙂 And if you're going to do color, pick up a uv/ir cut filter. You won't believe the colors the M8 is capable of with one.

 

[jippiejee]

I foresee a true revival of the M8! 🙂 Enjoy, Helen.

 

[Takkun]

If Helen is picking one up, I know I've made the right decision...

 

[raid]

I wish you lots of luck with your "new" M8, Helen.
I love my M8. The B&W from it look great.

Raid

It also shines with color:

I too must be equally as Crazy.... Plain stinkin crazy with All the advances in the techno digi World, but i too will have an M8 (again)
This will be my last attempt at shooting digital, will pick 'her' up today

Had the M8 when it originally came out...it lasted me a week before I went back to film, no real issues just that purpplish hue when shooting color
But I'm really just a B&W girl

So heres to a new Attitude
Don't mind the crop factor.... Will love having & focusing a window w/RF
And the ease of Simplicity/ No crazy complicated menus to scroll thru

Wish me Luck. 😀

 

[jippiejee]

Yep, but without the anti-aliasing filter it's also shockingly sharp. Always amazed by the amount of detail...



M8 + 28mm asph elmarit.

 

[ChrisLivsey]

The M8 shines at B/W this is in camera conversion sharpening low, contrast medium high. No filters. Both on the Summicron 28mm ASPH.

 

[helen.HH]

so cool to see the lure and excitement M8 owners still hold
Thanks heaps for the good wishes 'hepcat', 'jippiejie', 'takkun', & Raid
though now You have raised the bar in posting photos, Fab photos indeed

Raid; You do great be it Color or b/w
Cris: i have always loved your wide angle 'cooling giants' , spectacular in composition
Chris Livsey :haha, Good One Wonderful shot !!
Thank you for the in menu tip / sharpening low, contrast med hi

I see you are a Patron of my Church , wink, wink
and love that Church humour about 'pooches'
😉

 

[jsrockit]

Helen, the X-E1 is gone?

 

[helen.HH]

Helen, the X-E1 is gone?

yes John, I loved the VF
BUT i bought the metabones adapter
none of my zeiss/leica glass seemed purrfectly focused , always a smidgen off

fell for an ad here in the classifieds...met Satchi at adorama / lovely gent
bought the M8, gave back some gear
and off again on a new digi quest

this M8 shutter was upgraded and it purrs so sweeeet....
like very much my 28 biogon which i suppose is now a 35

 

[mingkookoo]

Ian and Helen, Have fun with the M8 and looking forward to see great pics from you 2 🙂

Just bought a little gift for my M8....... a Canon ltm 35/2 (just waiting for the Screw Mount to L/M adapter now.

 

[jsrockit]

yes John, I loved the VF
BUT i bought the metabones adapter
none of my zeiss/leica glass seemed purrfectly focused , always a smidgen off

fell for an ad here in the classifieds...met Satchi at adorama / lovely gent
bought the M8, gave back some gear
and off again on a new digi quest

this M8 shutter was upgraded and it purrs so sweeeet....
like very much my 28 biogon which i suppose is now a 35

I think that was the better move for you. Congrats. I hope it works out for you. I hate using manual lenses on my fujis.

 

[noimmunity]

Ch-ch-changes...

I sold my M-E, Helen picks up an M8. Full circle, whoa!

 

[CrisR]

Ooooh, Helen's getting a digital M, ace! I know you're a fan of black and white too, I almost exclusively shoot my M8 for b&w 🙂

My black and white conversions are just using colour filters in the post and juggling the colour levels until I get the balance of tones that give the greatest contrast and balance

 

[hepcat]

so cool to see the lure and excitement M8 owners still hold
Thanks heaps for the good wishes 'hepcat', 'jippiejie', 'takkun', & Raid
though now You have raised the bar in posting photos, Fab photos indeed

Raid; You do great be it Color or b/w
Cris: i have always loved your wide angle 'cooling giants' , spectacular in composition
Chris Livsey :haha, Good One Wonderful shot !!
Thank you for the in menu tip / sharpening low, contrast med hi

I see you are a Patron of my Church , wink, wink
and love that Church humour about 'pooches'
😉

And, now Helen, it's time for you to show us what you and YOUR M8 create together. 🙂

 

[rivercityrocker]

On the topic of SD cards- I just have a single 16GB Extreme III, and I feel like the write time is extremely long. Does this camera not really like large-capacity cards?

You can put the fastest SD card in the world in the M8, of any brand, and you'll still get long write times. I think I timed it out a 2.5 seconds to process a JPEG a tad shorter for DNG. It's the camera's imaging processor that's bottleneck, not the card.

As far as the myriads of problems that a couple of people listed I've never experienced them. No lock-ups or any of that sort of thing. No troubles at all. Personally, I've found the ISO usable to 1250. I've had people claim that I was crazy, but I've photographed many concerts with it with relatively little trouble. I wouldn't try to shoot in dark alleyways every night, but even in those situations I've pulled out some keepers. People that complain about the ISO performance should really consider buying a different camera. If I'm shooting an event in a dimly lit venue, I'm bringing my Df, not my Leica. The right tools for the job, as they say.


I traded away my M8 for a Zeiss Ikon and some cash about a month ago. I made the trade back yesterday. I really like my M8 and I missed it even though I have an M9-P as well. I typically use the pair with a Voigt 28 Ultron on the M8 (≈35mm) and a 50 Cron or Lux on the M9-P. Mine is also the "blacked-out" version. I like it that way.

I was glad to get the M8 back since spring is coming and it's a stunning IR camera that requires no conversion. Just slap on a Hoya R72 and roll with it. Living in Seattle with the verdant green flora on sunny days you can get some amazing IR shots.

In any case, as long as you don't expect it to perform beyond it's limits, which are very well documented by this point, I'm sure you'll enjoy the M8. The only regret I have had about the M8 is when I got rid of it.

 

[Ronald M]

The M8 is quite nice, but has issues that are solvable.

Good color can only be had with UV/ir filters. You should code lenses 35 mm and shorter or use corner fix + raw. Profile the camera color with adobe profile editor.
if you do not like the colors the Germans picked.

 

[Clark.EE]

Lost Images

Lost Images

Only lost Files the once. Some nice pics I seem to remember!
Of the fishing boats & the old Track Marshals they used to pull them up the beach with at Cley, North Norfolk Coast.
Near where the US Helicopter went down a few months ago.
Very sad, but if I had a choice of where I would end my days, it would be within a mile or two that spot.
I had quite a few issues with a loan M9 when my M8 was back at Sohns.
Maybe it is just me!

 

[helen.HH]

And, now Helen, it's time for you to show us what you and YOUR M8 create together. 🙂

Awhhh Hepcat, i haven't shot anything 'Worthy', not just yet
Been toooo Cold for catching the Street Life in Motion
But i'm liking its subtlety in rendering b&w.... Simple 10 megapixel sensor over the hyper realism of the super duper modern pixel

So before anyone throws stones at my choice. 😱...🙂
Keep in mind its purely subjective - that old dinosaur sensor makes me Smile

 

[hepcat]

Nothing dinosaur about the M8 sensor, Helen. I have my M8 for sale, but only because I need the funds for medium format gear. I still have my M9P though. I'm going to miss the M8 when it's gone.