Maybe this is old news to those of you privy to "unofficial" information, but Leica has posted news today on how they will remedy the shortcomings of the M8: http://www.leica-camera.us/news/news/1/3682.html
I had a look at two different profiles for the M8, the original that comes with Capture One and the Roberts profile. I'm not an expert at this, far from it, but it seems that the Roberts profile has a much smaller gamut. This seems contrary to previous discussions I have seen on this board. Wouldn't it suffice to limit just a part of the spectrum covered by the profile?
zaknat wrote:
Perhaps a separate thread on focusing tips would be helpful... Heck, I just learned that you need to depress the shutter a tad just to get the rangefinder patch active. Talk about feeling dumb...
Is that true? This isn't the case for other M's and the first I've heard of this, I thought the rangefinder system was purely mechanical.....
Jeff,
There are times on my camera that the rangefinder patch doesn't seem to do anything and if I hit the shutter button it comes alive. On the other hand I just picked up the camera, didn't even turn it on and the rangefinder patch works fine. Wonder if anyone else has experienced this or if it's just my camera.
zaknat wrote:
Jeff,
There are times on my camera that the rangefinder patch doesn't seem to do anything and if I hit the shutter button it comes alive. On the other hand I just picked up the camera, didn't even turn it on and the rangefinder patch works fine. Wonder if anyone else has experienced this or if it's just my camera.
David
David,
Sometimes the rangefinder patch looks brighter than others to me on my M7, I think it has more to do with eye angle; also the angle of incident light can adversely affect the rangefinder patch, even in the improved "MP" rangefinder.
Guy, sorry to hear that you died, but glad that your battery shocked you and brought back from death. If you fail to live through the next sudden death, I'll buy your M8.
Keep working on the rangefinder focusing skills David. It takes a little while but is worth the effort. After a while, you'll be able to use a rangefinder for action shots in a pinch. This is with the 75 summilux.
kidigital wrote:
Keep working on the rangefinder focusing skills David. It takes a little while but is worth the effort. After a while, you'll be able to use a rangefinder for action shots in a pinch. This is with the 75 summilux.
Wow Kurt, that is some focusing ability! What aperture; wide open?
Victor, it's a she (German Shepherd). We have a couple of acres, so she spends the bulk of the day chasing away any squirrels, deer, chipmunks, birds, skunks, coyotes and/or ground hogs that dare cross her territory .... sometimes all in the same day. The several months I spent with the R-D1 helped with working with focus.
Thanks Rob and Carsten. I think it was at f1.7. I miss not being able to know which lens and aperature I'm using. I'll be sending a few lenses off for coding in the next several weeks.
kidigital wrote:
I miss not being able to know which lens and aperature I'm using. I'll be sending a few lenses off for coding in the next several weeks.
A little bit late but I joined the rest here to say that it was a great picture with perfect focus of your dog in action. BTW, the 6-bit coding doesn't give you the aperture used, it just gives you the focal length and the maximum aperture of the lens.... Of course, it will give you other features but as far as EXIF data concerned, that's about it. Two of my lenses are being coded...
Joshua
This was taken with a coded 50mm Summilux ASPH at f/2.0. The EXIF data doesn't read the aperture used...
My focusing patch is very flaky. It disappears sometimes, sometimes it's half there and sometimes very weak and the focusing ring has no effect on it. The shutter release button does not seem to have any effect either. I have or have had Contax G1 and G2, Xpan, Rd1 and an M3 and never had any difficulty focusing. Back to the shop I guess. The only way I can get it to return is to turn the camera upside down and bump it on the bottom. Sure does take a different technique for a range finder.
g.
Thank you for your kind words, guys. So far, my favorite lenses on the M8 have been the 50mm, both Summilux and Noctilux, the 28mm Summicron and 35mm Sumilux. The Noctilux is a tough one to use wide open but I love the soft bokeh and generally, softer dreamy look. Definitely a special lens with a different finger print than the Summilux.
gtmerideth wrote:
My focusing patch is very flaky. It disappears sometimes, sometimes it's half there and sometimes very weak and the focusing ring has no effect on it. The shutter release button does not seem to have any effect either. I have or have had Contax G1 and G2, Xpan, Rd1 and an M3 and never had any difficulty focusing. Back to the shop I guess. The only way I can get it to return is to turn the camera upside down and bump it on the bottom. Sure does take a different technique for a range finder.
g.
Gary,
That's the first time I heard of that problem but I am not that active on the other specialized forums. If you send you camera in, I would say you would get the updated version then. The focusing ease on both the M8 and R-D1 is about the same for me.
gtmerideth wrote:
My focusing patch is very flaky. It disappears sometimes, sometimes it's half there and sometimes very weak and the focusing ring has no effect on it. The shutter release button does not seem to have any effect either. I have or have had Contax G1 and G2, Xpan, Rd1 and an M3 and never had any difficulty focusing. g.
I have not seen that either, neither in any of my film M's nor in my first few hundred shots with the M8. (Other than when my clumsy fingers on my right hand inadvertantly cover the little rangefinder window on the right. )
This is with the 75 summilux.
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