Hi,
I have Sigma DP1 as small complement to my Aptus 65 on Mamiya 645 - DP1 feels like a mixed bag, capable of more "near medium format like" images than any camera of its size, albeit not medium format obvious. I do not feel content with the colors, while the Aptus 65 is excellent. Had the G9 for few weeks before, sold it off to my nephew. Some of photos he has pulled from it with no photo experience has surprised me. I have not owned an M8 but I do find it an interesting camera, and the images as posted on internet appear much as 10MP medium format images. What more... it is a camera, with manual focus and aperture on the lenses, and it feels like a camera in the hands and when viewing through it! Having the Voiglander 28mm viewfinder on my DP1 sure helps... but still...
I shot Nikon F100 before, but with digital Nikon and SLRs lost me... too much auto features and buttons. The DP1 is step in right direction, but... feels still a tad too much like build of digital compact, but with a sensor that can yield very capable results under certain circumstances... given that one take time to process them. Is the M8 more right on, if exposures are right? Sure, many buy it as luxury goods and make snapshots... but even such photos show image attributes of the sensor such as pleasing color etc. That is interesting... thus if I speculate; is the M8 then perhaps similar to my Aptus 65 when viewing rawfiles... and frequent requiring few adjustments if exposure is made correct (perhaps exposed same as slide film??)? Would that correct way to say???
See threads on M8 here for photos and more
http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=3Reidreviews have articles that well describes the M8 and its limitations in design
http://www.reidreviews.com/reidreviews/James, did you say that when shooting color raw it is possible to leave the lcd set to B&W??? That would be awesome, same as seeing tonal zones displayed (graphic) after a shot, same as the zone system tonal scales!
Here is one forum thread on DP1 versus M8
http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/...comparison.htmlReidreviews also have articles on lenses. The Leica 28mm 2.8 seem stellar, but Voiglander have some gems as well; 12mm, 15mm, 50 / 1.5, 75mm / 2.5.
I hope above helps. Some interesting posts in this thread.
Regards
Anders