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Arif;4010 wrote: Thank you very much Alex. The file does look quite good and downsizing will help even more so quite workable. Please continue to advise of how you are finding the new S.
Have a very happy holiday season,
Arif

Arif,I just had a look at your website,it's really good.I love the Samurai shot's..I am a big Mifune and Nakadai…[Read more]

Congrats Brian.
Glad that finally you received it.
what you do like the most about M Monochrom? Resolution or High ISO capabilities. Nice pics btw especially the young girl you took with J3/ Nice contrast on the Nikon 10.5 cm
Best,
Riko

I've been on a kick lately to convert 50mm SLR lenses to RF coupled M-mount. 50/1.7 AR-Hexanon, 50/1.4 Pentax Super-Takumar, and a Canon FL mount 50/1.4.

The Canon 50/1.4 FL mount on the M Monochrom. The CA on this lens is very low.

Wide-open, FL-B filter to put a dip in Green to increase contrast.

M Monochrom with Canon 50/1.4…[Read more]

Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5, wide-open.

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The 90mm framelines give a 100% view on this lens.

Udvar Hazy Air and Space Museum, Dulles VA.

1936 Uncoated Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm F1.5, converted to Leica mount using a Jupiter-3 focus mount.

Wide-Open.

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Arca Swiss cube with Arca Swiss universal L plate on a RRS verso tripod or a Gitzo 5 series tripod is hard to beat…

Thank you very much Alex. The file does look quite good and downsizing will help even more so quite workable. Please continue to advise of how you are finding the new S.
Have a very happy holiday season,
Arif

Alex AR;4008 wrote: Here is the DNG to the “Hi-Liter” picture. Hope it works.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uupt0dxfo5qqp04/Leica%20S%2030-90%20Test-1000008.DNG

That works like a charm Alex,the file was downloaded in 2 seconds,as for the file itself it's very good for iso1600,a fine film like grain.. and Like the S2 the files don't need much…[Read more]

Here is the DNG to the “Hi-Liter” picture. Hope it works.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uupt0dxfo5qqp04/Leica%20S%2030-90%20Test-1000008.DNG

Alex, thank you for sharing the images. ISO 1600 looks pretty good to me and cleans up nicely if desired. I look forward to seeing more images from the 30-90mm. I had a chance to try a prototype at PhotoPlus and I was impressed with the image quality and out of focus rendering of the few test shots I was able to get.

I really like Kodak Tri-X, it is pretty much the only B&W film I use these days.

As for developing, why not develop your own? The basic film developing gear will pay for itself by the time you develop somewhere between 20-30 rolls if you buy new gear. If you can find good used gear, cut that number in half.

IMHO the most important…[Read more]

Alex AR;4003 wrote: As I thought speed is more important than posting “nice” pictures: Here is one of the first pictures taken by me with the “new S” and the 30-90. Thought people will be interested in noise behavior. ISO 1600, 1/30s, f5.6@90mm, just anything I found on my desk after sticking the lense for the first time to the body… no editing,…

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As I thought speed is more important than posting “nice” pictures: Here is one of the first pictures taken by me with the “new S” and the 30-90. Thought people will be interested in noise behavior. ISO 1600, 1/30s, f5.6@90mm, just anything I found on my desk after sticking the lense for the first time to the body… no editing, nothing, just the…[Read more]

If the 30-90mm lenses are shipping in Europe that's great news! Usually means the USA is not far behind. I'm definitely curious to hear your thoughts about the lens Alex. I have used the pre-production version and can attest to the weight, although the weight of the S system has never bothered me as I previously used a large Canon SLR with a 2.8…[Read more]

According to leica technical data the 35mm is approx. 930 / 1080 g (without / with central shutter) and the 30-90 is approx. 1275 / 1345 g
I have an S30mm here so i weighed it ..

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Today I got my S together with the 30-90. Although already used to a Nikon D4, I have to say that the weight of the 30-90 is something different…

I will post a few pictures as soon as I had the time (and wheather :p) to do a few proper ones.

As promised, here is a photo showing the changed remote release port on the S versus the S2. The S, on the left, has 7 pin connectors and the S2 on the right has only 5. Leica changed the associated connector color to blue (from red on the S2) so that there would be no confusion over the old and new accessories. The USB port (green) remains…[Read more]

Rewi, the new Image Shuttle isn't out yet, but I am very curious myself about the improvements. When the software is available I'll do a few quick tests and post results here.

Pete, the button has a very nice feel to it. For focusing, I haven't had any problems. What I have noticed is I have to remember not to press it in while I am…[Read more]

One of the constant themes in web discussions is that no-one can really get a sense of what images from cameras like the S-System actually look like. Web images are way too low-res.

If anyone wants to see a little more of Leica's image quality beyond that available on websites, I have a new (free) iPad app just released called Photique which…[Read more]