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Pete, thanks for posting this. We have updated one of our S2 bodies with the new firmware and posted some screenshots and thoughts about this update here:

http://www.reddotforum.com/content.php/164-Leica-S2-Firmware-Update-Version-1.0.1.8-Now-Available

Mark Gowin;383 wrote: Just remembered another feature I would like to see.

– Fix the auto bracketing feature to work like the M9 where it will fire off all shots in the sequence at the first press of the shutter. As it is now, the shutter button must be pressed for eacha ND every shot in the auto bracketing sequence.

They listened to…[Read more]

Fuzzy little rascal; surprising DoF. Nice!

Kurt,
Nice.
That was a crop down from what?
I ask since the 120 is not 1to1 as your bee would suggest.

Jack

Mark Gowin;383 wrote: Just remembered another feature I would like to see.

– Fix the auto bracketing feature to work like the M9 where it will fire off all shots in the sequence at the first press of the shutter. As it is now, the shutter button must be pressed for eacha ND every shot in the auto bracketing sequence.

– Also, allow auto…

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Just remembered another feature I would like to see.

– Fix the auto bracketing feature to work like the M9 where it will fire off all shots in the sequence at the first press of the shutter. As it is now, the shutter button must be pressed for eacha ND every shot in the auto bracketing sequence.

– Also, allow auto bracketing be biased…[Read more]

David,

“A hyperfocal function that would automatically set the lens focus distance to achieve maximum DOF to infinity at any given aperture”

I believe this would be a great function to adapt to the current firmware. I utilize hyperfocal distance on my M9 kit regularily…

Thanks,

Mike

David Farkas;180 wrote: Leica has…

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Thanks, Al! The Public Market used to be a favorite photo destination for me in the late 60's when I lived on Capitol Hill and shopped cameras at Olympic Camera on 4th. And even after I moved to more distant parts of Seattle. It has changed a lot over the years. For that matter the whole waterfront area was a gold mine of photo opportunities.…[Read more]

Thunderbolt is complex and *expensive* – those $50 cables may never get cheaper if there's no way around active cables.

Unfortunately Apple is reducing support for ExpressCard. If you do have an ExpressCard slot use an eSATA card and an eSATA drive. It's well-proven technology, effective and cheap.

USB has issues besides raw bandwidth.…[Read more]

I particularly like that first one, such rich greens and rose colors…

Still shooting lots of film here (I do run a photo lab though). I just recently put up some film shots from a trip out East — they are either Hasselblad or a Plaubel Makina…you can tell by the format…
http://www.stuartrichardson.com/lightroom/east-trip-film-shots-2011/

Stuart,
Your SSD solution sounds smart.
In my case I have an iMac for studio, and the Air will be for the road.
I thought I could avoid a laptop on the road, but on every photo trip I missed it, and my old MacBook Pro is heavy, slow, maxed at 3Gig, battery that lasts 5 minutes, etc. I have given it a new battery, new hard drive, more Ram,…[Read more]

I recently started my film journey with a Leica M4 and Summicron 50 DR about 6 months ago. Since then I've added a Minolta CLE and a few additional lenses to the mix.

I'm also strongly thinking about purchasing an M7 à la carte.

Marc,
I agree with your observations that the S series of lenses are by far the best out there. The ability to use other brands of lenses opens up the possibilities for specialty lenses and lower cost alternatives till one can save up the funds to purchase one of those gems. While the Hassey 120 is not as crisp as the 120 S, it does put up a…[Read more]

IMO, there is no way the 40 FLE matches the S35 out to the edges. The Zeiss 40IF may come closer or match the S35, but that improved edge-to-edge performance came at the price of increased distortion over the 40FLE. The Hasselblad HC 35-90 is almost as good as the 40IF @ the 40mm mark, and it's a zoom.

So far the S35 is the best MFD wide…[Read more]

They are very, very tempting, but since I am looking at the S2, I decided to just get an SSD for my older Macbook pro. Hopefully that will give it another year or two. I also love the size and portability of the Macbook Air, but I would really miss the things you lose in going with that form factor (or what you seem to lose each time the MBP is…[Read more]

Are you looking at the 11″ or 13″ MBA?

I was just in the Apple Store and looked at both. If I was in the market for one ;), I'm actually not sure which way I'd go.

The 11″ is barely bigger than my gen 1 iPad and much more functional, but has a pretty small screen. The 13″ has decent screen real estate and might be a capable Portable LR…[Read more]

Wonderful shots, Woody! Gorgeous colors. The S2 is certainly a very fine landscape camera.