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Jack, you are making the 24mm look pretty darn good.

fotografz;3818 wrote: I'm back!

Okay, here is a demo of using the Phottix Stratos-II Nikon Transmitter in the S2 hot-shoe with a SF-58 set to A then mounted on top of the Stratos-II. Plus another SF-58 off-camera set to A mounted on a Stratos-II Nikon Receiver that's in the SF-58 supplied stand-foot.

Top image shows the on-camera SF-58…

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David Farkas;4158 wrote: I haven't tried this lens on the S2, but a 300mm is a 300mm, regardless of sensor size. Compared to 35mm FF, a 300mm will offer an equivalent FOV of 240mm. Love to see some shots from the lens, if you get a chance.

I just received a 300 F4 today. A couple of quick shots at the office. F11, ISO 320 1/1000

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aboudd;4410 wrote: Well, that's a nice bit of news. I have been setting the mirror lock-up and self-timer together since I got my S2. Did I miss this in the manual somewhere or is this an Easter egg?

I actually don't know if it is in the manual or not, but here is an excerpt from my S2 review (published November…[Read more]

Well, that's a nice bit of news. I have been setting the mirror lock-up and self-timer together since I got my S2. Did I miss this in the manual somewhere or is this an Easter egg?

Pete,
There was 25% sharpening applied, plus some exposure work in the previous images.

Here is an untouched out of camera shot, nothing applied. Followed by the cropped and spotted and sharpened and exposure adjusted, etc.

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Another thing to check is that in order for the camer to remember sticky settings like custom function assignments and focus mode, you should turn the camera off via the switch then turn back on. The memory card light should illuminate for a few seconds then turn off. If you change settings, but let the camera go to sleep before you manually power…[Read more]

Jack,

Great stuff. Thanks for posting.

We haven't had an opportunity to really test the lens in real-use scenarios. Your architectural shots speak volumes on the performance of this very wide S lens. We are expecting to have a 24mm on our Florida Keys and Everglades workshop in a couple weeks, along with the 30-90mm. Hopefully, Josh and…[Read more]

Hi Jack,

Thanks a lot. 🙂

Looks pretty impressive. Are these out of camera (except of the last one) and if not, what have you done to the files in terms of sharpening and lens corrections?

It looks to me that you already have at f/11 some diffraction, but the performance is still pretty nice.

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Here is the third photo cropped to final. It is a 48″ wide photo on paper.

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OK Pete, here are the tripod shots at f11 or more.
Most full frame, unless I needed to slightly straighten. One is shown both before crop and after.
Leveling remains a challenge even with bubble levels. The S would help right?

The very edge of the corners seems ever so slightly a bit soft when pixel peeping. So it would be visible in 6…[Read more]

My personal choice is the Dell and the main reason is that it has a much bigger hard drive.

Thanks for posting these Jack.

I would love to see some made with a tripod.

Cheers,
Pete

Jack

Very nice ! The S lenses really do seem to be at a level of perfection I never seen in any system .

One more just for Josh who apparently likes car photos. 96% full frame, f6.8

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Hi guys, any further experience with the 30mm?
Does it do the job for you? Are you satisfied?
Any comparisons with the 30-90 zoom?

It's possible, because your settings should not be reset that quickly!

I can also confirm that the new S hand grip works just fine on the S2. I tested it here at the store, the grip reads the extra battery just fine.

Thanks Josh

The camera just came from Germany but I will dig a little deeper to see if there's
a power saving feature enabled in the menu that might be prompting the camera
to go into an early sleep mode.
What I have sorted out, though, is that the resetting occurs much more quickly
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It's a clever idea but I agree with the posters above, the eyepiece cap stays in the box. I believe the part costs somewhere around $50 to replace from Leica. I haven't found a scenario where I need it.