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I promised to post some more examples of “correct wide angle” filter in CS6

Usually when I merge I use “cylindrical” merge rather than “perspective”, because as this example shows, the perspective merge is usually lopsided. If anyone knows how to avoid for that, please let me know.

In my search for a 14mm S lens, this is my work…[Read more]

David,
No double exposure, the balance of light, sun rising while the moon set balanced out the exposure. Actually, the moon moves rather rapidly at that magnification making stacking of any kind pretty difficult, unless you can shoot at 11fps of course. Next month the timing may be a bit better as the sun and moon will be rising/setting at…[Read more]

Atanabe;2195 wrote: Got up this morning for the moonset, caught the Space Needle with it. Shot with Hasselblad 350 F4 FE + 1.4x extender.

Al,

This is other-worldly. Awesome shot. Did you shoot multiple exposures to get the moon and the Space Needle balanced?

Got up this morning for the moonset, caught the Space Needle with it. Shot with Hasselblad 350 F4 FE + 1.4x extender.

Hi Doug

I was given a demonstration one to try out first and although a bit too expensive I was somewhat impressed with the handling and decided to purchase one.
I do have very large Hands and find it quite comfortable in use… also with the added Grip Strap attached it is also safer for me to pickup and put down… the vertical format is…[Read more]

Interesting, thanks for sharing… and congratulations for the bug detection! I don't have a grip. What sold you on them?

Must have been the rocket blower but just in case I've stopped cleaning my sensors with the gas station tire pumps. As for my models… they're more likely to melt the lens;)

The opening was indeed enjoyable and the Leica staff is to be complimented for making
each visitor feel welcome. The presentation was interesting and well received.

Enjoyed seeing David and Josh who kindly introduced me to the leica staff.

I encouraged the Leica executives to have more activities for the S2 owners. I pointed
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“Pitted sensor” wow Josh, that is one strong Rocket blower! 😉 Or it must be from one of those gorgeous models burning a hole in your sensor, David.

I agree that Leica has been very good, no EXTREMELY good at service of late. My S2 AF was out of calibration and was confirmed by my S2 rep Ben Ross, a week later a UPS shipping label came my…[Read more]

🙂

-Marc

Marc,

This is a great suggestion. Thanks for the tip. I've been using MF almost all the time with the S2 because of its propensity to hunt. This should really help quite a bit.

fotografz;2181 wrote: One wonders how all the wonderful photography was taken before the advent of automation … LOL!

Practice perhaps?

One thing of value when shooting wedding photography, is that it forces a relationship with any given camera. If you use a S2 for it's strengths, then you must practice techniques that mitigate any…

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I will third that observation. The S2 does prefer background focus to an annoying degree and tends to “search” for the correct focus too long. When the camera gets stuck “searching” I switch to manual focus (which means the photo could be gone by then). I find myself toggling between focus modes often on single shoot, which is a problem.…[Read more]

One wonders how all the wonderful photography was taken before the advent of automation … LOL!

Practice perhaps?

One thing of value when shooting wedding photography, is that it forces a relationship with any given camera. If you use a S2 for it's strengths, then you must practice techniques that mitigate any weaknesses. Same for any…[Read more]

just had this reply from Germany after finding a bug in the last firmware update that causes the OLED top cover to default to medium brightness with the Multifunction Grip attached

Dear Mr Cole,
Thank you very much for your message.

Please be informed that our technical department was able to reproduce the issue as you…[Read more]

just had this reply from Germany 🙂

Dear Mr Cole,

Thank you very much for your message.

Please be informed that our technical department was able to reproduce the issue as you described.

It seems that this it is really an unreported bug. We thank you very much for your reporting.

Leica's…[Read more]

The only way I am successfull is to prefocus on a certain point where I expect the subject to come and then press the shutter once the subject reaches this point.
Its still a hit and miss.
Some time ago I have used my D700 again and as much as I love the S2 for this type of images the continues AF of the Nikon is a releaf.

This post seems be abandoned for a while…

So users here really want 1-click zoom, which is yet to be implemented. Today I am thinking of the annoying way to pan/scroll when reviewing an image. Even after 6 months I still cannot get used to it, it's just not intuitive.

I have an idea: in review mode, we can use a long push on the 4…[Read more]

Josh Lehrer;2146 wrote: It sounds like you have a bad battery to me. That is a problem I have seen before, where the battery shows that it has some charge remaining but the camera refuses to stay on. At first I thought it was a camera issue but after trying a new battery, I realized it was a defective battery. Send it my way and I will replace…

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Thanks, Marc. I will try that. So far, I had it set to continuous focus.
Georg