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Michael Zeleny;4484 wrote: This is not as reassuring as it might be with a report of remaining Kodak sensor stock at Solms.

actually I don't think Leica would ever run out of replacements as under their faulty Sensor replacement policy they would have to replace the whole Camera to the latest S and scrap for parts the faulty one.. err !!……[Read more]

I learned photography on a FED-3, moving to a Nikon F2AS, and thence to a couple of M6 Leicas. I sold my cameras at the end of the last millennium, getting by with disposables and digital point-and-shoots, until buying into the S2 system three years ago. My shoots are split evenly between amateurish product photography with two Broncolor A2L kits…[Read more]

Josh Lehrer;4424 wrote: Because the sensor cracking issue is a known manufacturer defect, it will be a free repair for the lifetime of the camera (or at least as long as parts are available) so Leica will repair the cracked sensor free of charge even if the camera is out of warranty.

This is not as reassuring as it might be with a report of…[Read more]

This photo gives a sense of the location and the feel of the place

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Jack MacD;4479 wrote: RVB,
Yes .8 times 24 is indeed 19.2 not 18.6.
This was a test for Josh and David and either:
1. neither saw my error in reporting or
2. were too nice to think they should correct the error, or
3. starting to worry that I would want to return the lens to Solms to have them make it a 23.25 mm.
4. Too busy…

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RVB,
Yes .8 times 24 is indeed 19.2 not 18.6.
This was a test for Josh and David and either:
1. neither saw my error in reporting or
2. were too nice to think they should correct the error, or
3. starting to worry that I would want to return the lens to Solms to have them make it a 23.25 mm.
4. Too busy preparing for the Everglades…[Read more]

Ok SDXC card issue resolved, thanks to Alex AR's post

(1) Do not format SDXC card in Leica S since out of factory they're ExFat format
(2) Instead, format SDXC card in PC/Mac first into MS-DOS(FAT) format.
(3) Then format the card in Leica S again just to make sure

Happily now the card works in S.

Jack MacD;4468 wrote: This is the full frame of the 24mm on top matched for size with the full frame of the 18mm of the WATE shown below the 24mm. Having the plane of the sensor nudge a half an inch or so in location may make more a difference than 18mm vs 18.6mm. While they were both on the same tripod sequentially, I was not as precise as I…

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This is the full frame of the 24mm on top matched for size with the full frame of the 18mm of the WATE shown below the 24mm. Having the plane of the sensor nudge a half an inch or so in location may make more a difference than 18mm vs 18.6mm. While they were both on the same tripod sequentially, I was not as precise as I wanted to be. I used the…[Read more]

Thanks Richard,
I really don't foresee a need to merge 24mm shots. I took that as a record keeping shot of a location, and was curious how it would merge.

I shot this photo with the 24 to check on the distortion of the 24mm vs the 18mm of the WATE on the M9. The WATE is a zoom, so no surprise that the prime is superior.…[Read more]

I also had problems with SDXC cards on the S… the reason was that they were pre-formatted in ExFAT or something like that. The S could not read or format them. Then I returned the card. I wrote to Leica and they told me that I should reformat the card in the Mac and that it should work then in the S. I could not try it as I had already returned…[Read more]

Jack,

You might give the Hasselblad HTS a try. Granted it would make your 24mm a 36mm, but you'd be able to maintain a rectilinear image over three merged shots. I use it regularly with my S2 and unlike my H body, it allows (most of the time, for me at least) auto focus to work as well.

Richard

I had said that I was tired of merging three 35mm shots to get to what the 24 gives me.
But the 24 gives me 88 degrees, not 180 degrees. Today I was trying to capture 180 degrees with three 24mm shots. This could work for landscapes, but with architecture it's a bit of a problem. If you want to see more detail of the steps, just…[Read more]

Nice surprise about this shorter form. Can you tell us what it is you are talking/writing about?
Has any info. about this shorter form been posted before (and i just missed it)?

What more could you want! Nice shot and nice cars.

Jack MacD;4426 wrote: I suspect that Josh at Dale shoots cars more than any other subject.

So I thought he would get a kick out of this parking lot.

Wow that's a lot of money sitting on a very expensive lawn. Are you loving the 24?

Jim

Nice.
Don't let her fall

Jak

David K;4455 wrote: Nice shot with one of my favorite models 🙂 Catchlights from a ring flash?

Thank you David. The catchlight is from a ring light =). Here's a link to the full file and you can enlarge:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott997/8684899222/in/photostream/lightbox/

Beautiful images…thanks for sharing!

DAB.