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David Farkas;5732 wrote: The 120 is an awesome portrait lens, but you're right. The focus throw is extremely long, which is what you'd expect from a macro lens. This is one reason why Leica released the Leica ELPRO-S 180mm Close Focus Adapter for the 180.

David,the 180 is a great lens of course,just a bit light hungry,lets hope the cron…[Read more]

For anyone interested in the above item I have pics I can email them to you
if interested.

thanks

http://www.leicaplace.com/album.php?albumid=70

I've uploaded my initial batch of images taken using the V1.05 raw convertor.

all I can say is- Leica should have had 16-bit DNG in the original M8 firmware, and Thankyou to Arvin for doing this.

RVB;5731 wrote: 90-250 would be great,good for portrait's too as long as focus speed is fast,would probably be quite heavy but it wouldn't matter too much as landscape shooters would use it on a tripod and it would replace a few lenses in the bag.

I think the fast prime for portraiture is essential to the system,D.O.F would be thin at 1.8 but…

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David Farkas;5728 wrote: I think a 90-250mm zoom (70-200 equiv) would be a great companion to the 30-90. I don't think it needs to be a constant aperture. In fact, f/4-5.6 would be totally fine. A lens like this would be great for landscape, travel, or in studio.

I'd also welcome an f/2 or f/1.8 lens, although DOF would be crazy thin,…

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I think a 90-250mm zoom (70-200 equiv) would be a great companion to the 30-90. I don't think it needs to be a constant aperture. In fact, f/4-5.6 would be totally fine. A lens like this would be great for landscape, travel, or in studio.

I'd also welcome an f/2 or f/1.8 lens, although DOF would be crazy thin, especially on a short-to-medium…[Read more]

My local dealer today confirmed that there are two errors in Leica's documentation for the latest firmware update for the lenses (LLF016).

The corrected codes are:

Leica Vario Elmar-S 1:3.5-5.6/30-90mm ASPH
– 134.9.16.0

Leica Super-Elmar-S 1:3.5/24mm ASPH.
– 134.9.11.0

Rolophoto;5722 wrote: A Pancake lens and I hardly care what focal length it is. I just want something small and light so I can carry the camera everywhere. I don't mind if it's manual focus, it's about portability. The S might have twice the size of sensor compared to an M, but compare a 35mm S to a 35/28mm M lens and it's scale gone…

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erlingmm;5723 wrote: Just upgraded firmware for my lenses. On checking my Vario 30-90 against the Leica instructions, my lens did not confirm to the firmware version given. It was supposed to be 134.10.16.0, my lens showed 134.9.16.0.
I read on another forum that the Leica documentation was wrong (and that my lens was ok), can this be…

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A Pancake lens and I hardly care what focal length it is. I just want something small and light so I can carry the camera everywhere. I don't mind if it's manual focus, it's about portability. The S might have twice the size of sensor compared to an M, but compare a 35mm S to a 35/28mm M lens and it's scale gone mad.

6 months ago, I talked…[Read more]

peterv;5720 wrote: I'd also prefer a fast focusing portrait lens, an f2.0 would be fine. I'm not sure about the focal length though. A 100 mm would perhaps be too close to the 70 mm. A 150 mm would be better for me and I'd like it to be truly a portrait lens in such a way that it becomes legendary for the beautiful way in which it renders…

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I'd also prefer a fast focusing portrait lens, an f2.0 would be fine. I'm not sure about the focal length though. A 100 mm would perhaps be too close to the 70 mm. A 150 mm would be better for me and I'd like it to be truly a portrait lens in such a way that it becomes legendary for the beautiful way in which it renders skin(-tones) and faces in general.

Doug;5713 wrote: I would have said 45mm but they just did it! Is there room for a 55mm? Indeed a 100mm Summicron has a place on a few want lists too, I think. And something around 280-350mm would be desirable, though maybe Leica thinks the dedicated extender with the 180 is sufficient.

I have been using some of the 100mm and up lenses from…

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I would have said 45mm but they just did it! Is there room for a 55mm? Indeed a 100mm Summicron has a place on a few want lists too, I think. And something around 280-350mm would be desirable, though maybe Leica thinks the dedicated extender with the 180 is sufficient.

I have been using some of the 100mm and up lenses from the Pentax 6×7……[Read more]

Doug;5703 wrote: The little camera is doing well for you! That's a dramatic and interesting structure…

Thanks! The perspective I have here was only possible from one position, and required nearly the full 200 mm effective zoom. At a wider angle we would have seen (and captured) many bright lamps that light the public park area, which is…[Read more]

The little camera is doing well for you! That's a dramatic and interesting structure…

Rolophoto;5672 wrote: I've experimented and found that if I fit the Grip, I can hand hold for 2 stops longer in the portrait mode.

Could anybody confirm that they had the same experience using the grip?

I could be interested to get the grip if it really works like this.

Andrew

I have an S45mm and intend on posting some images from it asap….

24mm.. Love the fact that these files have so much info to work with,it's easy to get this HDR look with a single file..

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same again…

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