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Re: M8/Leica People I'm Thinking About Switching
ulrikft wrote:
The question is. Even if the M8 has 1-2-3 stops worse ISO, if you factor in slower handholding-able
Maybe I just have wonderful SLR technique, but I did not find that the M8 lowered the speeds at which shake was visible. I\'ve never seen any real evidence for this, only anecdotes from fans. I think there is a general tendency to overestimate the significance of mirror slap, which in my experience only ever affects huge SLRs with long lenses, e.g. the Pentax 6x7. And what about image stabilisation in lenses like the 24-105, or Olympus DSLRs?
...speeds and faster lens at equialent mm-ranges, what do you end up with?
What faster lenses? For a mere $4000 you can buy a Canon 50 f1 with AF. Canon offers 24 f1.4, 28 f1.8 35 f1.4, 50 f1.2, 85 f1.2, 135 f2 200 f2 (or f1.8), all at affordable prices by Leica standards. I use a Rokkor 58 f1.2 and a Zeiss 35 f1.4 on my Canons too, both superb lenses. Nikon also offers some wonderful fast lenses, like the legendary 28 f1.4. Add some excellent f2.8 zooms, and it\'s not at all clear that you can compensate for the iso problem by throwing money at glass.
Jun 23, 2009 at 06:09 AM
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