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If you vant to try a 135 at a low cost, I can recoment the 135f4 Elmar i have used this on a M8

with very good result, of course the Tele-Elmar is better but also more expensive.

There is probably some uut there that are unhappy about their M8 - But I'm not one of them!

Got mine in mid December, had my troubles with the purples until I got a IR filter, then got

very pleasing results, hope to get the full potential in the near future. Upgraded to 1.102

yesterday without a problem.

Have received exelent service from the Danish distrubutor, they lend me a IR filter, because

the B&W filters is difficult to get in Denmark.

The marking is most important with 35mm and wider.

With a 50 and 75 mm it should be OK without the markings - you will want the ir filters

though!

I have used a 135Elmarf4 50f2Rigid with exelint result (framing is a little difficult with the

135 though)

I have been useng 2 x 2Gb Sandisk Extreme III without the slightest problem, and with the

1,092 firmware going through images is very fast.

I do format the cards on a regular base though, instead of just deleting.

Thw M8 charger might be bulky, bur it have the possibility to be powered by a 12V car outlet

- so if there is a car near by, the M8 can be charged..

The Voigtlander 15f4,5 can focus to 30cm, but you have to use a messuring tape as the is no

rangefinder coupling

For maximun quality the Hexar AF - though this is not that small

Another very small - Olymous XA (the first one with the 36f2,8 and "rangefinder")

Hi Paul

In the menu there is a setting that let you set the "Auto slow sunc" - you have probably set

this to "Lens dependent" - so when you set the "Lens dectection" to ON the slow sync

changes - You can either set the Slow sync to:

OFF = 1/250

Down to 1/30

Down to 1/8

Down to 32 sec

Or use manual setting

Actualy pretty neat!

Kaj

Hi Mark

I must be missing something, my SF20 wount do TTL with my M8, bur are OK in A & M mode

- is there a trick?

Mine is very good, glass is perfect, barely visible marks on the hood.

And no the hood don't really get in the way - but it won't really stay extended.

Fredrick - well the only light scource was a 25W lightbulb inside a black tube - with this you

can "paint with light" - first the models then the baggrund, the blur on this is bu waiving

both the yellow paper and the light - highly unpredicable (at least for me) but great fun!

And you can make a complete studio light + baggrounds for 20-20$ then you only beed a

camera and a dark room!

Another example where I used a yellow and a blue paper to the bagground

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Leica M is not really made for "close range" photography, but a very good option is the 90

mm macro elmar that goes to 1:3.

But as mentioned before a SLR is better suited to closeups if you want Leica take a R8 or 9

perhapps with the DMR and the 60/100 mm macro then you have a very good (and

expensive) system

One of the first task i have used my M8 to was a session "paint with light" 32 sek exposure time f16 - not

the main way I will use it for, but result was OK.

With 32 sek exposuretme there will always be a little motionblur - but portrats don't have to be ultra

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Hi Paul

I aquried the Noctilux beginning of 2006 (from a fellow PN member) to be used om a

future "Digital M" - waiting for my M8 (albeit a little worried abouy the "M8 issues")

Do you have more pics? some in colour?

Is your M8 updated?

regards

Kaj From Denmark

I do have a M3 "user" - there is a dent on a corner and marks here an there, the rangefinder

is good all times os ok exept perhaps 1/1000sek - so this is a fylly functional "user M3" with

serial number 1129XXXX (well over one million) - i was looking to sell this for something like

US 350 + shipping (I'm located in europe (obs no lens is included

Andy

As one seriusly concidering the M8, but a little worried with all "issues"

If you could considet to send to Europe I would appreciate very much to be on the list !

Nice pics!

Regards From Denmark -- Kaj

I got a Leica C-Lux instead of the Panasonic becaise the Leica is Black and there is included a

Photoshop Elements for MAC & PC this was worth more for me than the pricedifferende.

Don't really know if there is any differences than the name & look. This is a really nice camera

to use, logic & userfrendly menues, and good imagequality.