When they came out with firmware updates, I never updated it because I was afraid it would do something to the colour. In fact one thing the m-8 does amazingly well in colour with profoto studio flash. Same with the S-2.īut this is a very latest and greatest, high iso, a trillion megapixel forum (for the most part) so Iâ€™m sure a lot of people would disagree. Never thought Iâ€™d own a leica, but when the m-8 came out I bought it on site. In fact only a few times have I ever taken the 24mm off of it and all the photos below are with the 24 which I think equates to a 35 or somewhere around that. I never think about the crop factor, or either the size of the file. I said I know in the world of digital ccd is considered ancient, but I love the look so what the heck. He asked if I had tried the cmos versions and I said uh, no but I donâ€™t really think of the m8 as a 14 stop digital camera, more like an 8 stop film camera and shoot it as such. He said a lot of people say that and a few hours before me the great DP Roger Deakins was in store picking up his M-8 after a cleaning. The sales rep asked if I like the M-8 I was buying the batteries for and I said yea I love it. Leica stores are like the tiffanyâ€™s for people that love jewelry, except there is always a gallery and images of all sorts, usually gritty rock and roll, or street portraits, or historic images. Last night went to the Leica store on Beverly to pick up some batteries.

Roger deakins 35 mm lense