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Comparison of the Canon 5D and Leica M8

Canon 5D

Leica M8

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Leica M8 Noise vs. Canon 5D
I have the 5D and I get excellent prints, no less stunning then from your M8 at ISO 800 or slower...... Sean Reid duly noted the noise difference between the 5D and the M8 at...
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Luminous Landscape Forum > Canon 5D vs Leica M8?
I was just wondering why Michael has mostly chosen to benchmark the image quality of the M8 to that of the 5D?... And can anyone honestly tell me that a 5D with L lenses will not match the quality of digital images from an M8?...
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> Canon 5D vs Leica M8?
I was just wondering why Michael has mostly chosen to benchmark the image quality of the M8 to that of the 5D?... And can anyone honestly tell me that a 5D with L lenses will not match the quality of digital images from an M8?...
luminous-landscape.com

M8 vs. Canon 5D Color
Colour aside, the M8 shot definitely looks sharper but it also looks like the 5D shot has less DOF and contrast so maybe it just looks softer for that reason.... The 5D shot looks flat and not as contrasty as the M8 shot....
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How they stack up

FEATURE

Effective pixels

12.7 million10.3 million

ISO rating

up to 3200 as optionup to 2500

Weight (inc. batteries)

895 g (31.6 oz)591 g (20.8 oz)

Dimensions

152 x 113 x 75 mm (6 x 4.5 x 3 in)139 x 80 x 37 mm (5.5 x 3.2 x 1.5 in)

Sensor size

36 x 24 mm27 x 18 mm

Shutter priority

YesNo

Focal length multiplier

11.3

Viewfinder

TTLRangefinder

Storage types

Compact Flash (Type I or II)SD/SDHC card
Both have:aperture priority
Both do not have:image stabilization, movie clips
 
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