atanabe
Member
I have an M8 and also shoot with Nikon albeit a D1x and find that the term "horses for courses" is appropriate here. Now the M8 is small and light, begging to go on daily walks but prone to the limitations of long focal length capabilities and fear of failure. Mine just so happens to be on a spa vacation in Allendale,NJ for just such a breakdown.
I love the M8, the files are really nice but the platform is limiting, low light/high ISO performance is spotty, literally, if you have a point light source in the picture. But if the conditions are right the files have no peer in 35 equivalent DSLR. Long lens work is limited by the practicality of rangefinder focusing on a small patch in the viewfinder and the accuracy of framing. So the need for a DSLR for the long lens work is a given. BUT if you do not use lenses greater than 90mm or have a job shooting macro table top, then stick with the M8.
I am waiting for the price of the D90 to settle down before I buy another DSLR. Why D90? It has the high ISO performance that the D3 and D700 has with a smaller platform. The cost at $999 is much more affordable and in keeping with the "Horses for courses" long lens performance is better suited for a 1.5 crop and smaller lenses. The moral here is that if it is too big and heavy then you aren't going to carry it around everyday. If you don't carry your camera around, you won't take any images, which solves the PP issues I guess.
Cheers,
Al
I love the M8, the files are really nice but the platform is limiting, low light/high ISO performance is spotty, literally, if you have a point light source in the picture. But if the conditions are right the files have no peer in 35 equivalent DSLR. Long lens work is limited by the practicality of rangefinder focusing on a small patch in the viewfinder and the accuracy of framing. So the need for a DSLR for the long lens work is a given. BUT if you do not use lenses greater than 90mm or have a job shooting macro table top, then stick with the M8.
I am waiting for the price of the D90 to settle down before I buy another DSLR. Why D90? It has the high ISO performance that the D3 and D700 has with a smaller platform. The cost at $999 is much more affordable and in keeping with the "Horses for courses" long lens performance is better suited for a 1.5 crop and smaller lenses. The moral here is that if it is too big and heavy then you aren't going to carry it around everyday. If you don't carry your camera around, you won't take any images, which solves the PP issues I guess.
Cheers,
Al