Leica M8.2 - A brief and uninformed review

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Case closed! You could have saved me a lot of typing if you'd just posted that up front...

Originally Posted by thejakestir

Nice write up and great photos Joe!

But I got the only review of the M8 that anyone would need last night on Twitter from none other the John Mayer:
"@johncmayer There's still no better digital camera on the market than the Leica M8. I wish I could photograph bands on tour like Jim Marshall used to".

Nuff' said.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Originally Posted by jonney

what PP was done on those shots other than the frames?

jf

When I resize for web viewing my action does run a sharpening filter and I straightened two of them. Other than that, not a whole lot done. I found the JPG images to be fine the way they came out and I've never said that about a digital image (I always process the RAW file).

The B/W images do show up in color when I process the DNG file in PSCS4 which I find annoying. In Nikon Capture if you shoot in B/W then the NEF is displayed that way when editing. You can change it to color at any time but it starts out as you intended it to. Not sure if this is a DNG thing or a Leica thing.

Joe

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Originally Posted by venchka

Do you suppose Nikon or Canon would look as good if you ripped the AA filter off? The Leitz lenses do contribute something to the image as well.

I don't know but if this is what's possible, I'd be more than happy to find out!

And I'm with you on the glass. I have no idea how good/bad the lenses I was able to use were.

Joe