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Filson makes great stuff indeed. But what this all adds up to is the Tenba Roadie (rolling backpack) I've been using for my S system for extensive travel the past two years. Granted the Tenba doesn't break down to a shoulder bag, but it carries my S system and 15″ MacBook Pro quite compactly with room for my M and a few lenses.

peterv;8595 wrote: Today, somehow everything works fine again, thanks!

You can thank me. It happened for well over 4 days and I finally called the Owners in Miami. They were unaware. I thought I had been kicked out of another Forum. 😡

Please correct me if wrong, but known as a “Focus Limiter”.
Typically seen in hardware, I for one vote for a Firmware Approach.

Knowing that there is a Limiter in the Firmware, it would only take me once to be confused as to why the Focusing has gone bonkers, as David alludes.

However, I did get the chance to test the Beta Version of…[Read more]

peterv;8609 wrote: Hi David, thanks for asking. After it had been to Wetzlar for about 4 weeks I got my lens back, only to find that the AF was working all right, but now all my images with the 120 mm were underexposed by 1 to 1,5 stops. I made a comparison test with my 70 mm and with that lens the exposure was fine. Somehow the camera chose a…

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fotografz;8519 wrote: Apparently those pining for a S f/2 portrait lens won't have to wait long.

Lightroom 5.5 now has a lens profile for a Leica SUMMICRON-S 1:2.0/100mm. A portend of what is to come at Photokina?

Can't imagine what that is going to cost, especially in CS version that I'd demand. At F/2 it will be the fastest S lens, and…

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I'll pick up the thread with some M8 (mostly) and M9 shots of interesting manikins… These are fullsize JPEGs.

M8, 50 Heliar, Hawaii

M8, 50 C-Sonnar, Seattle

M8, 50 C-Sonnar, Seattle

M8, 28 Summicron, Las Vegas

M8, 50 C-Sonnar, Las Vegas

M9, 1.8/75 Heliar, Hawaii

M8, 50 Planar,…[Read more]