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albireo_double;1804 wrote: I am also very much interested in using the Contax 645 lenses on the S2 and wondering why no adapter exists (is it physically not possible to make one or are marketing reasons at play?). I'd love to use the 120 Apo Makro in particular – I had great results with it on the Contax 645 body with a Sinar eMotion 75LV…

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I bought an ex-demo S2 from the Leica shop in Vienna. Had two hot pixels which showed themselves through vertical lines running across the image (why they were not spotted when the camera was their demo, I don't know). Camera was fixed free of charge within a week (sensor replacement), including shipping. I also had the top LED display changed…[Read more]

velmi pekne fotky – gratulujem!

I am also very much interested in using the Contax 645 lenses on the S2 and wondering why no adapter exists (is it physically not possible to make one or are marketing reasons at play?). I'd love to use the 120 Apo Makro in particular – I had great results with it on the Contax 645 body with a Sinar eMotion 75LV digiback.

Thanks. 🙂

Roger;1792 wrote:
Could you tell us how you sized it for the web and what approach you used for downsizing and output sharpening .

I have sharpened the original file very strong with Nik's Sharpener Pro 3.0 (output sharpening) as I knew that I will downsize it massivly in Photoshop for the web. So first is sharpening…[Read more]

David

Thanks this makes perfect sense .

Mark ..still laughing about photographing fire flies

The longest possible exposure is at ISO 160. As the ISO increases, the maximum exposure time decreases. I don't think there is a way to get more light into sensor than 125 seconds at ISO 160 or the equivalent combination if time and ISO rating. Also, the resulting images look pretty much the same as far as noise goes – regardless whether it is…[Read more]

Very nice image. I wouldn't have buyer's remorse either! 😀

+1 for the Latest Elmarit! The size and performance are really good and sharp wide open! You may also want to look at the Summarits and see if they will work for you. The price tends to scare people off, it seems that they are priced too low. I have the 75 Summarit and love the handling of the lens and it is very sharp. In fact I have been…[Read more]

Roger,
As you increase the ISO, the longer exposure times will gray out and not be able to be selected.

-Al

Pete,

This is really a striking photograph. Great job.

Roger;1791 wrote: David

I am a bit confused about the bulb settings. When I take a long exposure I generally am trying to keep my ISO at 160 or 320 to maintain maximum DR and color saturation . Your example implies that setting on B and using ISO 160 limits exposure to16 sec ? And that to get to 125 I would have to increase ISO .

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Pete

What a great photograph ! Could you tell us how you sized it for the web and what approach you used for downsizing and output sharpening .

The stitched file with 6 files must be huge . Yet you preserved the sharpness .

Must be amazing as a print .

David

I am a bit confused about the bulb settings. When I take a long exposure I generally am trying to keep my ISO at 160 or 320 to maintain maximum DR and color saturation . Your example implies that setting on B and using ISO 160 limits exposure to16 sec ? And that to get to 125 I would have to increase ISO .

incredible!!!

very beautiful landscape, thank you for sharing!

Indeed the Elmarit 90 is a very pleasing lens, I love it too. I especially apreciate the built-in lenshood.

If you can live with a half stop less light, then considering the Macro-Elmar is an option. More compact (collapsible), it delivers excelent result.

The beauty of the Leica lens-line-up is that you can use most older lenses without…[Read more]

Deus_Ex_Mamiya;1785 wrote: Hi David,

Thanks for your detailed reply.

AAAAAAGGGHH!!! What is it with these “nanny-state” manufacturer attitudes to what is permissable in photography?! Hasselblad are just as bad as Leica. Let ME, the CUSTOMER, the PHOTOGRAPHER, the ARTIST, be the judge of what is optimal or not! 😡 Leica, stop…

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Hi David,

Thanks for your detailed reply.

David Farkas;1783 wrote:
The reason for limiting the exposure time is Leica's approach to quality standards. They are hesitant to allow users the option of something that would produce less-than-optimal results.

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Deus_Ex_Mamiya;1781 wrote: Hi,

I've seen reference several times to plans/hopes to address both these issues. What is the current status regarding
(1) the longest exposure time possible on B? [and why isn't it arbitary/unlimited, as it is in the Pentax 645D with an almost identical sensor?];
(2) slowing down the readout speed in order to…

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Little birdy told me I might have mine one day soon… 😀