Review of the M8 in the "Digital Journalist"

[travis1]

Hey Kristian, how's your work? Happy for you.

[michael s.]

Hearns. He'll be 50 next year, won't he, Andy ?

 

A guy nearly as old as the M3 [note Leica content :)] still getting into the ring -- my goodness !

[travis1]

maybe Hearns needs a CLA? ;)

[Allen Herbert]

Looks like he's done a whole lot more with his cameras than you've done with yours.

 

If you look at Jeff's website it looks like he has been very busy,in a creative way, with his cam too. Chill out folks.

 

Hi Kristian! You have find one cool job.

[Allen Herbert]

found,even.

[peter_muller3]

"Hit man" Hearns needs a CLA? You you recomment DAG or Sherry??

[Spearhead]

I did confuse Kristian with another person here with a similar name, my apologies. However, insults like this: <i>Looks like he's done a whole lot more with his cameras than you've done with yours.</i> obviously intend to stir it up even more.<p>

 

To respond to Andy's question, it's true that boxing doesn't need 10fps, but there are other reasons to buy the camera. I use the speed limit function so I don't shoot more than I need for boxing. However, 1) I shoot regularly in a low light venue and need the high ISO performance combined with the low light autofocus, and 2) boxing is dying out and being replaced by MMA. MMA does require more speed during the grappling, because it is really difficult to anticipate. It's possible to see a punch coming and capture it with a couple shots, but the grappling can change and be a lot less easy to anticipate. I find I have had to crank the speed for MMA to get shots timed as well as the boxing.

[sayyid_qutb]

class act, jeff

[peteradownunder]

Kristian I clicked through your pages - a few really outstanding images - better than the usual editorial - hope you are having as much fun as it looks! I especially liked a couple of the tobacco industry shots and some backstage stuff featuring lolly pop heads <p> Ray the Leica battery doesn't last very long say compared to Canon batteries. I think you would need to order an extra battery for a day's shooting.<p> and no camera is fast enough to catch the speedy punches and kicks that fly around in this feisty room! hahahahahah

[kristian dowling]

Travis, Peter, Allen, work has been really great, loving my job. I sold my Leica's 4 years ago to buy a digital kit and have a go at being a professional photographer and never knew it would take off so quickly. Definitely the best decision I've ever made.

 

In this time I have become very proficient at shooting with Canon SLR's, but coming back to Leica allows me the freedom to shoot for myself without worrying about getting everything perfect. It must be the fact that the rangefinder viewfinder is bright and doesn't black out at the moment of exposure, so I do see things differently and more clearly I believe.

 

Jeff, apology accepted and appreciated, and I apologise if I reacted poorly myself. The internet can make us all do/say things unappropriated at times. All the best.....

[akochanowski]

Michael, Hearns is about 45. He looks great, as you can see below. He's slower, though, but aren't we all?<p>Jeff, I don't think boxing is dying out here in the heartland. There hasn't been a kickboxing bout here in years, if ever. Maybe it's a West Coast thing. But there is certainly a noticable interest in full-contact amateur brawling cage matches. Boxing crowds here are largely African-American, well-dressed, well-informed and generally a pleasure, while the cage matches tend to bring out the white trash trailer crowd.<div></div>

[akochanowski]

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[michael s.]

Hearns will be 49 next month, if <a href=http://tommyhearns.com/career.php>this site</a> is accurate. But he looks <b>fit</b>.

[vivek iyer]

sayyid qutb: Post some pics. Will ya?

[ray .]

Are blown highlights a D200 feature?

[Spearhead]

<i>Jeff, I don't think boxing is dying out here in the heartland. There hasn't been a kickboxing bout here in years, if ever. Maybe it's a West Coast thing.</i><p>On the West Coast, kickboxing is often Muay Thai, and it may have to do with the considerable number of Asians who have relocated here. <p> <i>But there is certainly a noticeable interest in full-contact amateur brawling cage matches.</i><p>Here, MMA ("brawling cage matches") has become much more popular, not just for amateur fighters. When I go to the gyms that I work for, I see more and more of the fighters doing grappling on the ground. Even six months ago, there was little of this.<p><i>Boxing crowds here are largely African-American, well-dressed, well-informed and generally a pleasure, while the cage matches tend to bring out the white trash trailer crowd.</i><P>Maybe it's because it's California, but virtually all fighting events have a very mixed crowd. The boxing events draw an older crowd, but all fight crowds here have a large number of Asians. The event I shot last weekend (WBC Muay Thai championships in LA) even had Thai marching bands, Miss Singha, and only Asian ring girls. The crowd was heavily Thai, and the event was broadcast live in Thailand, including to the royal palace. It's very much a cultural thing.<p>I'm not sure what any of this has to do with the M8, maybe it's a sub-discussion that really belongs on the Sports Forum here. But here's a shot anyway, I missed the contact, but I love the spray.<p><center><img src="http://www.spirer.com/images/spray.jpg"><br><i>Muay Thai, Copyright 2007 Jeff Spirer</i></center>

[akochanowski]

No, it must be a Canon 20D feature. I sold the thing right after that fight.