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I just had precisely the same thing happen to my 120 CS. Whirring sound for several seconds…and will not AF. My other lenses all work fine…even my Contax zoom with adapter is working. Nothing precipitated this failure. Worked fine last time…now it doesn't.

Lens is Sold.

Thanks Arif, today I sent the lens to the dealer and they will forward it to Leica. Fingers crossed it will be repaired quickly. Too bad this has happened, it is my most used lens at the moment.

Udholm;8416 wrote: Love that you love your S2, I love mine too.
Can I ask you, where you got the handstrap? Thank you
Jan From Denmark

It appears to be a Optech slr wrist strap, the picture above and on optech's site are identical. http://optechusa.com/slr-wrist-strap.html

peterv;8446 wrote: Hi everyone, my 120 suddenly won't AF. It worked just fine the last time I used it. I did not change lenses and today when I turned on the camera it made a soft whirling sound for about 10 seconds, as if the camera was trying to connect or something, and then it stopped.

Tried turning the camera on/off, taking the battery…

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The Mamiya 300mm F2.8 APO is very good performing lens – nice 3D feel to its images. I don't see them on Ebay much anymore. They typically sell for $2000-$3000 US depending on condition. I like the lens on S2, but it's a big set-up. I think the lens weighs around 6.5 pounds. F2.8 imaged attached (taken with the S2).

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Marc,
I'm very glad it worked out. I'm sure that was a huge sigh of relief. I haven't had that scenario with my S or previous S2 since I rarely shoot to cards – only tethered, but it's a good thing you found a solution. I've had that pit-in-the-stomach feeling once or twice and it's not been a pleasant thing. It's good to know there's this…[Read more]

The CMOSIS sensors has its plus' and minus'. My recent cameras have included – Canon 1Ds Mark III, Phase One P65+ and Leica S2. The M-240 has the most dynamic range (at base ISO) and the shadows are very clean. When it comes to sharpness and definition, the M-240 is well defined at 100% views, but something happens in the down-sizing process…[Read more]

Thanks David, I'm happy for Leica that they were able to accumulate so much knowledge about building sensors that work quite well with their M lenses. I don't have an M anymore so I don't follow the M-line as closely as I did in the past, but I thought there are still some problems not completely solved with the CMOSIS sensor, like magenta corners…[Read more]

peterv;8441 wrote: Yes, Sony said some time ago that they wanted to be disruptive and innovative. I welcome that, but for us poor guys and girls who've invested in an interchangeable lens system, a curved sensor is most likely not going to be in the cards. Though I wouldn't mind a pocket-sized MF RX1…

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The camera has now been sold, and I netted $5400 from the original price of $8000. So I netted (after shipping etc.) $12500 from the original $18945, or 66 percent. I think the resale on the Noctilux would have been much greater if I had waited for the current production stock to dry up. That could possibly apply to the camera as well, but only…[Read more]

Yes, Sony said some time ago that they wanted to be disruptive and innovative. I welcome that, but for us poor guys and girls who've invested in an interchangeable lens system, a curved sensor is most likely not going to be in the cards. Though I wouldn't mind a pocket-sized MF RX1…[Read more]

Wow. If another one of equal quality comes open at that price, I'd jump on it immediately.

This lens has been sold, thanks. I got $7250 minus $150 shipping and insurance for a net of $7100 against my purchase price of $11000. Based on the responses I got from 4 ads over the past couple months (one only), the resale value was less than expected.

Is this still available? If so, please PM me.

peterv;8431 wrote: Thanks for that link Rob, interesting stuff. I passed it along to a friend of mine who's going to shoot his new film in 3D, next month. He'll be shooting on Reds, I guess IMAX 3D is going to be big budget Hollywood movies only.

Anyway, on a new Leica S, it's interesting that there are absolutely no rumours yet. With…

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peterv;8431 wrote: …why the $5.000 rebate?

To keep the flock in the family?

Worked for me….

Bob

fotografz;8430 wrote: I'd still like to know how the S2 generates the redundant jpeg for the SD card.

My guess would be both the DNG and JPG are derived from the image in the buffer. It makes no sense to first write the DNG to the card, then read it again, let the image processor chew on it, and only then write the JPG.

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Thanks for that link Rob, interesting stuff. I passed it along to a friend of mine who's going to shoot his new film in 3D, next month. He'll be shooting on Reds, I guess IMAX 3D is going to be big budget Hollywood movies only.

Anyway, on a new Leica S, it's interesting that there are absolutely no rumours yet. With Photokina less then three…[Read more]

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LC Technologies was able to recover all the missing files.

While other recovery programs may have been able to do it, I just could not chance it … so I opted to send it off to the professionals and pay for the recovery in case it was a more difficult issue than I could deal with. They have the ability to crack open the CF card a…[Read more]