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Jack MacD;4568 wrote: The upgrade from LR3 to LR4 was definitely a requirement for S2 users. The LR5 is not essential. I will be surprised if they price it more than $99 for an upgrade from LR4. Or they may make it a subscription like Photoshop?

Or you buy a new Leica. 🙂

The dust removal tool enhancement is pretty cool.

A few more fun images from the trip…

fotografz;4421 wrote: The only way a SF58 can provide TTL exposure is when it is set to TTL-HSS and mounted directly in the S2/S hot shoe.

You can use the Nikon SC28 or 29 cable to mount the SF58 off camera on the S2 and still retain the TTL-HSS capability (the contacts are in exactly the same positions on the S2 as on Nikon cameras). You…[Read more]

Jack, to my eye that shot lends itself to the triptych treatment very well. Nicely done!!!

Love the triptych Jack!

Would look great printed very large on a deserving wall.

-Marc

David didn't dare wonder when I would post the triptych.
Here it is, one of several, but one is enough

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I agree with you David about betas normally. LR5 beta is a free stand-alone download which remains parallel to LR4. It allows you to try out the features for 6 weeks free to decide if you feel the upgrade is useful and worthwhile.

The upgrade from LR3 to LR4 was definitely a requirement for S2 users. The LR5 is not essential. I will be…[Read more]

Thanks for the info on LR5b. Looks like this will be a nice upgrade.

Personally, I'm not one to transition to a Beta version. I'll wait for the RC to start playing.

Very nice start.

You used 1/160 shutter, but could've used any shutter down to 1/1000 with the CS lens. How fast would depend on the brightness of the background and creatively how you would want the sky to look.

For example, 1/500 shutter would make the background go a bit darker, more saturated. Then you would adjust the key strobe…[Read more]

Nice system
http://www.priolite.com/en/products/details-priolite/items/id-01-0500-02-priolite-mbx-500.html

But the question would be how much issue you have with power cords dragging through the sand? A mono bloc cures that, but if a mono bloc falls over you probably lose your mono bloc at $1,600 each.

However if that is not a worry,…[Read more]

melantye,

I hadn't heard of the Priolites but I do like the concept. If I didn't already have a substantial investment in Broncolor lighting I'd certainly look at them more closely.

Arizona Canyon Living by rootbeer2004, on Flickr

Sunrise, Arizona by rootbeer2004, on Flickr

Barrel Cactus by rootbeer2004, on Flickr

We all do dust spotting.

LR5 has the ability to aid me in identifying dust spots from dust on the sensor. If you click on the clone/heal tool, you can then merely press “A” and the scene switched to a high contrast B&W view that allows for more easily seeing where I need cloning out or healing the dust spots. Press “A” again and the image…[Read more]

David K;4554 wrote: Jack, I keep the battery pack well behind me on a towel or sheet. I'll typically look to see where the wet sand stops, past where the waves have reached and put it there. Despite having done this countless times I am still occasionally surprised just how fast the tide can come in and how far a mini rogue wave can wash past…

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Very colorful.

Regarding salt water, when we get together in November, I will loan you my gear to shoot in the surf. But don't change lenses when you are lying in waves. Your idea to wash everything off with fresh water makes sense. Dried salt on the lens is worse than dust.

Here's one from a shoot away from the water. Used my Hasselblad 110/2 for this shot…a lens I like quite a bit. I know it was stopped down…I'm guessing f/5.6 or f/8 but there's no exif data to confirm that. But I think the colors are nice.

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Using a cooler to transport the battery pack is a good idea. All of my Nikon lenses are classified by Nikon as weather resistant and I've read that means they have special coatings applied to the front and rear elements. More than that I really don't know. Being a boater and living in Florida has given me a healthy respect for just how corrosive…[Read more]

Thanks David,
I recommend a small cooler chest with a carrying handle in the middle. Easy to transport the battery pack and protect it from water.

Given you are lying on the sand, I would definitely use the water resistant S2 versus the Nikon. The water shedding lens coating is a big help on the S lenses. Does Nikon have that?

Jack, I keep the battery pack well behind me on a towel or sheet. I'll typically look to see where the wet sand stops, past where the waves have reached and put it there. Despite having done this countless times I am still occasionally surprised just how fast the tide can come in and how far a mini rogue wave can wash past where others have…[Read more]

This is a landscape using the 24. This is a 2.5 to 1 crop of the slightly vertical shifted full frame. I encourage you to examine the detail. This is a test shot of an eventual enlargement that will go over six feet wide. The shot was taken out of a window that precluded the use of a tripod. I shot it at 1/250 braced, but when one enlarges it to…[Read more]