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Thanks for posting, David. I did the upgrade on my M8 and have always been happy that I did.

At the price I'm kinda glad that I held off buying an M9 and went straight for the M9-P when it was released but it's good that Leica is offering the choice to upgrade for those who value it.

Pete.

I don't shoot as much film as I'd like to – several rolls a month maybe – but when I do it's through a IIIf or a BP MP. And a Hexar RF if I'm feeling a bit lazy.:rolleyes:

Pete.

Hi Josh,

Thanks for the effort and for sharing the presets. I used the presets on some shots made in a church and the results are very satisfying.

David Farkas;433 wrote: Just to play devil's advocate, with smaller cards and more CF card changes, you are putting more wear and tear on the connector pins, both in the camera and in the cards. I doubt with normal use you'd ever see a failure, but statistically…..

It's not just the cycle wear on the connectors but also other risks such as…[Read more]

Another suggestion for future firmware:

Currently 2 sec self-timer locks up the mirror immediately, then counts down. This is a huge plus for tripod shooting. Unfortunately, the 12 sec self-timer doesn't currently offer any big advantage. Once you press the shutter, the timer counts down from 12, then at the 2 sec mark, the mirror locks up. I…[Read more]

ka7197;436 wrote: You're pretending the only possible reason for losing digital images was card failure. Maybe I'm just too clumsy but in my experience, other kinds of reasons are much more prevalent in real life.

In six years of shooting digitally, it happened three times that I lost images on a memory card before I could download them to…

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Camera has been sold!

Atanabe;432 wrote: By nature, I am a cautious and do not gamble so I am only willing to “bet” 100 images that my card will not fail vs 500 images on a bigger card. My reward for using the bigger card is four less card changes saving some time but at the risk of losing all 500 images.

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David Farkas;433 wrote: Wow. From 100 shots to 6 (although you would get around 13 with lossless compressed DNG). Quite a change. And I remember when those 512MB cards cost $300. 😮
I still have some old Micro Drives that cost $$$$

Just to play devil's advocate, with smaller cards and more CF card changes, you are putting more…

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A company called Photo Equip that makes a grip called MD-Grip which attaches to the bottom plate rather than replacing it. The grip is covered with neoprene and triangular in shape – much better to hold than the Leica round grip. Also the Megaperls 1.35 magnifier, it has a built in diopter! Artist and Artisan Silk strap, great to wrap around…[Read more]

Atanabe;432 wrote: KA7197, welcome to the forum. Small vs large cards are relative to the number of images stored or lost. Yes, those “big” cards of yesteryear are small by today's comparison but did store a good number of images, a 512 mb card would store 93 5.47 mb images from my D1X but only 6 from my S2. So in relative terms, I would have…

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KA7197, welcome to the forum. Small vs large cards are relative to the number of images stored or lost. Yes, those “big” cards of yesteryear are small by today's comparison but did store a good number of images, a 512 mb card would store 93 5.47 mb images from my D1X but only 6 from my S2. So in relative terms, I would have to use a 8 gb card…[Read more]

Stuart,
I have the adapter that David produced and can attest that it can handle the 350 FE lens that you have. I briefly had a 350 FE but did not end up keeping the lens as it had some separating elements and returned it to the seller. In difference to the 350 CF f5.6 and the 350 FE, the fact that the lens has a tripod mount really helps…[Read more]

Very interesting! I am sharpening purely on a visual basis, and for a print based workflow. One of the great things about lightroom is how by holding down the option button while moving the sliders, they give you a visual cue as to how the sharpening is being applied. This helps you dial it in, and then you can fine tune it using the regular…[Read more]

When you sell the Elmarit-M 24 mm Asph now then I'm 98 % sure you WILL regret later.

In the long run, your average number of files lost per year due to memory card failure will be the same, no matter whether you're using a large number of small cards or a small number of large cards. With lots of small cards, the average loss per failure will be less but the number of failures will be higher … so it's six of one or half a dozen…[Read more]

The M body is a bit difficult to hold, in particular with a heavy lens … but the Thumbs Up doesn't appeal to me. I don't like the idea of putting constant torque on the hotshoe, and I also heard from users who have dented their camera's top cap where the Thumb Up's curved part touches the body.

A hand grip would change the shape and the…[Read more]

Thanks for the work and the samples Josh. It was nice to see your sharpening technique as well. It's funny how different they can be. For example, with the M9 (and probably eventually the S2) I tend to rely on high masking, minimal radius and detail, but a higher level on the sharpening slider. It's more of an edge sharpening effect than overall…[Read more]

David Farkas;420 wrote: In the world of Canon or Nikon, a faster aperture lens is almost always universally a better lens than a slower lens in the same focal length. The fast lenses are the “pro” lenses and the slower lenses are the “entry-level” or “consumer” lenses.

This distinction between ‘pro' and ‘consumer' lines of lenses emerged…[Read more]