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The Markins Quickshoe has a useful safety feature:

That's a spring-loaded pin so that if you have a flat-bottom plate you can still use that shoe. But the Really Right Stuff L brackets and others have hollowed-out areas and the pin acts as a safety stop in case the shoe works a little loose…

The RRS S2 L bracket has a problem…[Read more]

Congrats on the combo. Do you live and shoot in Miami?

Thanks Josh. But being in Germany, paying transport, customs and import tax, it will not make a difference.

A few more images, this time from Day Three:

Leica S2 with 180mm, 1/90 sec at f/8

Leica S2 with 70mm, 3 sec at f/9.5 with Kenko Variable NDX filter

Leica S2 with Schneider Apo-Digital 120mm f/5.6 Tilt Shift lens, 1/180 sec at f/5.6. I wanted to play with this lens' tilt and shift. This was shot wide open with the…[Read more]

Two images from the second day of shooting. Amazing how fast the light changes.

Leica S2 with 70mm lens, 4 sec at f/11 with Kenko Variable NDX Filter

Leica S2 with 70mm lens, 1/4 sec at f/11 with Kenko Variable NDX Filter

This was my first time using the Kenko Variable NDX filter, which allows precise ND control from…[Read more]

Just a quick shot from Day One. I was determined to have a picture without any leaves for some reason.

Leica S2 with 70mm lens, 1/2 sec at f/8

It functions identical to the Leica adapter that was recently released, other than being less expensive.

Now Josh is famous:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/10/the-lucky-photographer.html

Josh Lehrer;892 wrote: Pete:

The adapter I used is our Leica S2-Mamiya Mount lens adapter. It works will all Mamiya 645 manual focus lenses. Along with the Schneider, we like to use the Mamiya 80mm f/1.9 as well.

Thanks. This is not the Leica M645 Adapter right?

Pete:

The adapter I used is our Leica S2-Mamiya Mount lens adapter. It works will all Mamiya 645 manual focus lenses. Along with the Schneider, we like to use the Mamiya 80mm f/1.9 as well.

Josh Lehrer;890 wrote:

The Leica S2 combined with the new Schneider 120mm Apo Macro Tilt/Shift lens is a formidable combo.

Hi Josh,

Great stuff. It is always fun to take a look “behind the scenes”. 🙂

Could you please let me know which Adapter you have used for the Schneider 120mm Apo Marco Tilt/Shift lens / which mount…[Read more]

Pete,
David had advised all of us to get his system of graduated filters before we left on the trip. i ignored him, as I recalled how bad the old resin filters I had when I had a 6×7. I figured I would just do HDR post processing, or exposure blending.

But in the first five minutes of photographing with David, he pulls out his GLASS…[Read more]

David Farkas;887 wrote:
You will not be able to use your existing Cokin holder, though. The glass filters are 4mm thick vs. 2mm thick for the resin ones. Schneider modifies the Lee holder with two 4mm slots, which have individual thumb screws for locking the filters in place. The glass filters are heavier and could slide through if tension…

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Pete Walentin;882 wrote: Hi David,

I've used the Kaesmann Circular Polarizer MRC 82mm back in my Canon days with the UW lenses. That works fine for me as well. I have not used them on the S2. I was a little bit unsure about their effect. At all I am not a big fan of filters. 😉
What I have used on the S2 are Cokin Filters. But they attract…

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What a swaggerer! 😉

But I would say the swaggerer is representing 2% of all S2s in America. 😎

David Farkas;871 wrote: Pete,

These are really powerful images. I especially like the first one. The symmetry is just perfect and really works here, with the arch framing the cross.

Thanks. The first one is actually a stacked image I have made with Helicon Focus. First time I used it, as the results PS5 are delivering with blending the…[Read more]

Nice shot.I know you will enjoy it..Dale's gives GREAT service.

Really like the first one. With the roof of the barn complementing the foliage colors.

David, what is your experience in loosing IQ when using a Circular Polarizer? Which one do you use? Is there any, if at all, which is delivering the best results?

Thanks,
Pete

P.S. Also like the Pano.

Here's another one from Moss Glenn Falls. It's a four-shot pano stitch with the 35mm. Image size is about 82MP (12,000 x 6,000 px).