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constable;3955 wrote: I have a big black box with the letter S on it sitting beside me! And a battery charging …… More later Ed

You're not alone in that. 🙂

I have a big black box with the letter S on it sitting beside me! And a battery charging ……

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Ed

Mine will be arriving this week- will test that. With the M9: shooting DNG+JPEG will slow things down dramatically. The M-Monochrom uses much of the same hardware/firmware. Try shooting DNG only, if you have JPEG enabled.

Black or Silver?

I think the challenge with the off-center auto-focus points is that the light gets diverted with a sub-mirror and that mirror is quite small, so light can be dispersed only so much, thus the “outer” focus points get very little light and do not perform as well. Assuming that AF point spread of something like the Canon 1Ds3 is about as wide as it…[Read more]

Because they had to, and were better poised to do so.

The traditional moveable multi-point solution found in 35mm SLR/DSLRs is more manageable due to the smaller AF area needing coverage … but even then, it is grouped toward the center. The advantage is you can set a specific outer AF point and leave it for multiple shots … yet even with…[Read more]

I'd love to have a True Focus type mode on the S or any dSLR. It's one of those ideas that is so simple, that you wonder why it was Hasselblad to do it first.

I also use the Giottos bulb … but only after pumping it a couple of times to get rid of any dust it may have ingested. I turn the camera sensor down so any dust gets dislodged and falls away from the sensor.

However, the best tool to date, the one I use on all my cameras, including MFD sensors, is the Arctic Butterfly brush. You run the…[Read more]

Lets be fair here Josh … the True Focus on the Hasselblad H4 camera isn't “theoretical”, it is a working fact, and it works very well.

As I understand it, Hasselblad has further refined it in the H5 camera to account for any lens field curvature.

The TF feature promotes creative off-center composition with confidence even with fast…[Read more]

antonybphoto;3927 wrote: Thanks Doug,

great examples of lenses. The grill and polishing man are massive camera shake for sure. I think ISO 640 is useable as you suggested, 320 is more than ok.

Really appreciate the examples i hope to give back also when i start shooting.

Regards,

Tony

Hi Tony — The guy polishing his orange…[Read more]

antonybphoto;3928 wrote: in fairness the resolution is there and amazing even on these lenses, however the sharpness due to camera shake is a little worrying. I will be testing from friday – sunday to see if it can be hand held. I know its not the best and tripod is better but I have to try based upon my requirements.

As I've spent more time…[Read more]

Doug;3926 wrote: Hi – I've added some material to my thread in the Alternative Lenses forum
http://www.reddotforum.com/showthread.php/99-Pentax-67-lenses-on-the-S2?p=3925#post3925

There are additional jpg pics at 100% scale, though not necessarily full-frame due to cropping a bit here and there for pictorial reasons. Still, you should get a…

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Thanks Doug,

great examples of lenses. The grill and polishing man are massive camera shake for sure. I think ISO 640 is useable as you suggested, 320 is more than ok.

Really appreciate the examples i hope to give back also when i start shooting.

Regards,

Tony

antonybphoto;3895 wrote: Thanks for the input guys.
…I have the Pentax 67 45mm 100 macro 165 f2.8 and the 300mm so great news on the testing. Thanks for input keep it coming.
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Hi – I've added some material to my thread in the Alternative Lenses…[Read more]

200mm f/4.0 SMC Pentax 67 (Later version of the two)
Two more JPEGs at the 100% scale; these two are in eastern Washington.
ISO = 640 Processed with Adobe Lightroom 3.41
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Grass & Sage…[Read more]

165mm f/4.0 SMC Pentax 67 LS (Leaf Shutter)
Two more JPEGs at the 100% scale; these two are at the south rim of the Grand Canyon. My impression is that this compact lens is not a sharp as I hoped. ISO = 320 Processed with Adobe Lightroom 3.41
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100mm f/4.0 SMC Pentax-67 Macro
Two more JPEGs at the 100% scale; these two are in Ellensburg WA 100 mi east of Seattle. ISO = 160 Processed with Adobe Lightroom 3.41
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Toxic Orange
Car owner working on the shine says that's the name of the paint color on this…[Read more]

70mm f/2.5 Summarit-S
For purposes of comparison, as these were processed similarly to the others. These two JPEGs at 100% scale are near Sedona AZ. ISO = 320 for Red+Green, and ISO = 640 for Barber At Work. Processed with Adobe Lightroom 3.41
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Barber At Work http://www.…[Read more]

55mm f/4.0 SMC Pentax 67 (later of the two versions)
These two JPEGs at 100% scale are in Ellensburg WA 100 mi east of Seattle. ISO = 320 Processed with Adobe Lightroom 3.5
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The old art deco Liberty Theatre was restored and became a Baptist…[Read more]