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Me too! You had me going there for a moment.

Atanabe;79 wrote: Cool!

Took a look at a Sinar P3 this weekend, my they are proud of their price, $8000! I bought my first Sinar P 4×5 for $750

Al,

An Arca Swiss 6×9 F-Classic like this one can be had for around $1800 used. And the form factor of 6×9 (2×3 in) is much smaller than 4×5 (in). Something to consider for field use.

David

Cool!

Took a look at a Sinar P3 this weekend, my they are proud of their price, $8000! I bought my first Sinar P 4×5 for $750

Mark Gowin;64 wrote: I notice the horizon looks to be titled slightly. This must be an optical dillusion (spelling intentional) because I used a level. Tilted horizons are a pet peeve of mine.

These days tilted horizons are all the rage in senior and wedding photography. It drives me nuts although I have tried it a time or two myself.

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Thanks David, I may take you up on it, beware.

Atanabe;74 wrote: I guess part of the problem in deciding on what lens to get is not being able to see one.

We've had all four lenses for quite some time and even offer them for remote Test Drive for this very reason.

Leica S2 Professional Rental | Dale Photo & Digital

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David Farkas;72 wrote: There's no doubt that the 40 FLE and 120 CF Makro are both very, very good lenses. I was just pointing out that the S equivalents offer 1.5 stops faster max aperture. In fact, if you are shooting static objects for macro, there is absolutely nothing wrong with using the Hasselblad version. Much of macro work is done using…

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Atanabe;71 wrote: Okay David, you know better, the Hassey lenses are f4 max aperture. That aside, I shot at max aperture for all lenses and yes the Leica wins but not by much.

Yes, the 120 is a killer lens but so is the 70 and it shoots reasonably close so it will be my macro for now.

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David Farkas;70 wrote: Hey Al,

First, welcome to Red Dot.

How did the 40mm CF or 120mm CF Makro do at f/2.5? 😉 If you primarily use your lenses stopped down for maximum DOF there won't be as much difference than if you tend to shoot more wide-open. I think this is an obvious advantage for the S lenses. Wide-open, the 120 S is…

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Atanabe;69 wrote: Today, I found unobtanium, 35 Summilux Asph vII, 35 Summarit S, 120 Summarit S. A trifecta! Of course, none were for sale but at least I got to handle and shoot with them so nowthe true lust begins. What I found interesting was the performance of the 35 Summarit vs 40 CF FLE Zeiss. The Summarit was sharper but only when pixel…

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Currently I use mf with activation of the AF through the back button. Focus, compose, then tweak the focus if needed. The AF has worked well on the 70 with no issues.

Photo taken with 35mm and polarizer

Good advice David.
I have had no AF problems other than occasionally with the 35.
I have noticed a few rare times in post processing a far off scene must not have been focused at infinity, but short of infinity. My new work flow is to visually check the distance setting on the lens at time immediately after exposure, and if not on…[Read more]

I notice the horizon looks to be titled slightly. This must be an optical dillusion (spelling intentional) because I used a level. Tilted horizons are a pet peeve of mine.

These days tilted horizons are all the rage in senior and wedding photography. It drives me nuts although I have tried it a time or two myself.

Hi Guys,

I find the AF on the S2 to be very accurate and repeatable, much more so than a Nikon or Canon pro body. I think the biggest stumbling block is understanding how the AF system on the S2 works. Once that is understood, life becomes much easier. For instance, the AF isn't a single point in the crosshairs, it is more an average of what…[Read more]

Hey Woody,

Good to see you over here and can't wait for a bunch more guys to join us. Regarding the AF, I need to do some more testing too. Roger says he's got the way the AF works figured out and knows how to “trick” it when need be… and he's pretty smart about this stuff. Got a friend request from you and am more than happy to accept…[Read more]

for the most part I find AF to be pretty good. Not in the Nikon class but pretty good. My 120mm sometimes gets into a hunt mode when focusing towards infinity but not always. Probably something I am doing wrong but we'll see.

The 70 and 180 seem to AF very good.

Mark Gowin;34 wrote: How well does this work? A little bit of tilt could solve some of the foreground to main subject depth of field problems I have been having. Granted I wouldn't want to tote that rig around all the time.

It actually works very well. Note that the lens mounted here is a Scheider APO Macro 120mm. Because of the increased…[Read more]