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Location: United KingdomMember since: 16 Oct, 2003

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Photos arrived in good order. Speedy delivery. Well packaged. Top eBayer! Thanks.
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Photos arrived in good order. Speedy delivery. Well packaged. Top eBayer! Thanks.
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Photos arrived in good order. Speedy delivery. Well packaged. Top eBayer! Thanks.
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Photos arrived in good order. Speedy delivery. Well packaged. Top eBayer! Thanks.
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Photos arrived in good order. Speedy delivery. Well packaged. Top eBayer! Thanks.
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Photos arrived in good order. Speedy delivery. Well packaged. Top eBayer! Thanks.
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Reviews (3)
07 Apr, 2013
useful
Usual very useful excellent Dorling Kindersley guide with interesting walks around the city, hotel and restaurant reviews
Regatta Jenna Ladies Summer lightweight coolweave cotton checked shirt (u/s 2)
11 Jul, 2018
good vale but watch size
Cool and comfortable and looks good. However, the sizing of Regatta shirts is VERY small so buy a size bigger than you normally would
10 Jan, 2010
Leica M8 Digital Rangefinder Camera
This is the ideal combination of a traditional manual rangefinder and modern digital technology. It is full of character and a true photographic tool of the highest quality. The operation is entirely manual with buttons (not fiddly little things like you get on some digicams)controlling only base settings such as contrast, saturation and ISO speed and the other usual parameters for JPEG pictures. Only ISO affects the RAW output which is post-processed in a software application such as Lightroom. The B+W JPEGs are a revelation; there is the issue of a magenta cast on black fabrics, much and hotly discussed on the internet but that is of little consequence in my opinion and potentially only affects JPEGs - shoot colour RAWs and it is not a problem. In any event it can be dealt with in software even with JPEGs or IR filters as well I suppose. I have yet to find it a problem. The B+W Raw conversions (in Lightroom 2)actually surpass the B+W JPEGs; they are simply stunning. As it's a Leica the quality of build is superb. Handling is intuitive especially if you already use Leica film rangefinder cameras. You can use all your original Leica M lenses with a crop factor of 1.33 so eg a 50mm Summicron becomes effectively 67mm, a nice focal length. The sensor is larger than a DX DSLR by a significant margin and the image quality is far superior with that size of sensor and M lenses. It is much lighter and smaller to carry and quicker and easier use than say a Nikon D80. Focusing is quick and easy or you can zone or hyperfocal focus - just remember the crop factor and use the next f stop down so at f8 say use f5.6 etc. With aperture priority or manual exposure preset shooting can be instantaneous - no DSLR autofocus hunting. Telephoto is not really an option (rangefinders don't do telephoto) although I have used my 135mm Elmar (effective focal length 180mm) with some success - no frame lines for this focal length so the framing has to be estimated but can then be reviewed on the rear screen. These cameras are now affordable second hand and with the latest firmware are more or less up to M8.2 spec (no snapshot mode but who really needs that?) but with the advantage of 1/8000 sec max speed. They are not full frame but so what? The M9 costs much more for that advantage. The M8 is a little beauty that does almost everything you could ever wish for in a camera for creative use with total control over aperture, speed, focus and depth of field. I am absolutely delighted with my M8. I spent plenty of time researching the alternatives before buying and I have no regrets about my decision. I sold my D80 and lenses to part fund the purchase(or reduce what my wife considers to be an excessive number of cameras!). My equipment bag is now lighter and more portable; just two bodies an M8 and an MP. I am taking better (I think) and certainly more considered photographs which have the Leica feel - and that really is the point; these are photographs, not obviously-digital images. That's exciting.
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