kevin m. Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Here's a link to some new pix Constantine Manos shot with an M8: http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essays/color.aspx Click on the "M8" link on the right side of the page. I'd like a "hero" icon now for saving everyone from looking at high-rez M8 snapshots of people's pets and destktops for the next month. Thank you. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_brewton Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Wow! some of those pics need a bit of grain or something because they seem to me to have an unreal "videotape" look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson loi Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Good looking pictures by this Magnum photographer. Maybe it's just me, but it looks like a paid advertisement? It got me excited nonetheless :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watts Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 <i>Maybe it's just me, but it looks like a paid advertisement?</i><p>Yes, there is something a bit weird about it. I guess it's meant to be some kind of viral marketing thing (though it's not like Leica need to boost demand for the M8 at present). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_brown4 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 1/1000 color at night looks/sounds great. Must .. resist .. must .. resist .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie chishty Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Wow! Those photos sure look good. I will have to start saving up for an M8 now. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I thought the series of photos in his intro were excellent and nicely narrated. The set in the M8 section came of as a not-so-subtle and poorly done infomercial. Kind of weird. www.citysnaps.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablito_pistola Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 The "trailer" seems downright bizarre. Can't understand what it's doing on the Magnum web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_pinkerton1 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Wow, he sure has an eye for color, dang ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmoore Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 can you say paid indorsement? it is an infomercial..and we are proof that it worked. do you think that camera went back to solms? or was bought at his local camerashop? but it nice to see that leica is thinking about promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das_glas Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Sure he got the camera as a present for the favor. Very nice work. I am sure that in my hands, that camera won?t render that good. Cheers DG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 The "American Color" series is great. I saw a link to it at another site yesterday, and really enjoyed it. Manos' M8 photos are fine, but that narrative's a bit awkward -- not terribly well scripted/edited, I'm afraid. While there's room for improvement in the text, Manos' short M8 presentation tends to reinforce what I thought and hoped would be the case: that in the hands of an excellent photographer, the M8 is capable of making excellent photos. M8 is not the right machine for me at this moment, but I'm a believer in more quality choices for photographers, not fewer choices. So I am, for similar reasons, hopeful that the Pentax dslr about to be introduced (K10 ?) will also be shown to be a capable camera. And while I'm in a magnanimous mood, let me take this opportunity to send best wishes to Olympus and Sony, too. Who'd I leave out ? Coming soon: Alex Majoli's M8 shots ? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin m. Posted November 3, 2006 Author Share Posted November 3, 2006 Michael, I'm waiting for the Pentax, too. Looks promising, especially since Pentax is the only DSLR maker to offer a wide-angle PRIME lens for a small sensor. I hope their 3-axis anti- shake is as good as the specs promise, too. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home? O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=441869&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradley_reiman Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 i think the color photos look strange to people because noone has ever seen this kind of color photograph. he states in the video he was experimenting with high iso color shot at a 1000th (hence the "grain). like super high iso bnw shots. im impressed and look forward to being able to shoot like this. also inversely with the 8000th shutter speed to be able to shoot say my noctilux wide open in bright daylight. can't wait...b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 <p>If you want to see high-grain color have a look at Harry Gruyaert, another Magnum photographer <a href="http://www.magnumad.com/detected.php?page=&pass="><u>here</u>.</a><p>It'll take a few seconds for the page to load. Under photographers, click on Harry Gruyaert. Click on Portfolio and you'll be able to see his "Rivages" series. They'rebeautiful grainy seascape/horizon photographs. I must say that I like Guryaert's color a lot better than Manos' over-saturated photographs. For saturated colork, I like Akex Webb a lot better than Manos.<p>--Mitch/Bangkok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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