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Doug;5997 wrote: Pentax uses a 44×33 CCD from Kodak which has a 55 mm image circle. Our 30 x 45 CCD has a 54.1 mm circle. Not much difference.

Doug

Photokina is going to be interesting.. 😉

Although I would be more excited by a summicron portrait lens..

RVB;5996 wrote: Hi Jack

I wonder if the S image circle allows for 44×33 without cropping,I agree its likely that Sony offered them to Leica. …
Rob

Pentax uses a 44×33 CCD from Kodak which has a 55 mm image circle. Our 30 x 45 CCD has a 54.1 mm circle. Not much difference.

Doug

Jack MacD;5993 wrote: Marc,
Two points:
The Sony sensor is so close to the size of the S I assume they asked Leica if they would buy some. I suspect that the sensor is actually 45mm not 44. ( Worse case Leica does a 2% crop ) So then the issue is frame ratio. Leica stays 3×2 and the others closer to 4×5. The fact that the competition has gone…

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fotografz;5992 wrote: 50 meg 1.3X crop frame MFD is now a reality. H and P1 have announced it. Others are sure to follow.

Personally, I'm firmly in the CCD camp, and really not all that interested in going beyond 40 meg.

It would be great if Leica were to produce a higher meg S camera for those that actually need it, while maintaining a…

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Marc,
Two points:
The Sony sensor is so close to the size of the S I assume they asked Leica if they would buy some. I suspect that the sensor is actually 45mm not 44. ( Worse case Leica does a 2% crop ) So then the issue is frame ratio. Leica stays 3×2 and the others closer to 4×5. The fact that the competition has gone with a crop factor to…[Read more]

50 meg 1.3X crop frame MFD is now a reality. H and P1 have announced it. Others are sure to follow.

Personally, I'm firmly in the CCD camp, and really not all that interested in going beyond 40 meg.

It would be great if Leica were to produce a higher meg S camera for those that actually need it, while maintaining a more “usable” S camera…[Read more]

And no loss of light, like you would with an extension tube.

Hi Marc,

I have the Elpro and it performs fantastic. No noticeable loss of image quality!

-Derek

Thank you!

Looks like adding the Elpro doesn't take anything away from the S180, and allows closer work than possible without it.

– Marc

I like the abstracts, Jack.

The 150mm CFi should be a fine lens for portraiture on the S. And, yes, your best bet is to use the S Adapter V.

The medium format world has been given an injection of vitality in the last few days with the announcement from Hasselblad (and allegedly phase one too) that CMOS camera's are about to be released..

Lets see how Leica responds to this..

Short Leica promo:

http://blog.leica-camera.com/photography/s-system/h-w-briese-on-the-leica-elpro-s-180/

HTS Sold.

28mm HCD still available.

Excuse my earlier post, I did some further research and the right adaptor seems to be the Leica S Adaptor V.
Does anyone have any experience of using this adaptor with the Hasselblad 150mm Cfi lens. Am interested in seeing how this would fare for portraits on the S.
Thanks, glen

Same shoot as above. 20 degrees.
Leica Vario-Elmar-S 30-90 mm

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:eek:There are other subjects in the cold.
30-90 zoom, abstract of metal and snow

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It's been a workhorse for me these last 9 months. Paid for itself many times over. Exceptional performing zoom, easily the best I've ever worked with. Paired with a 24, it covers just about everything for me.

Thank you Josh, the zoom arrived.

David convinced me that this would be a good addition for times when one is in conditions where changing lenses is a challenge. I shoot in snow and rain and dust a fair amount and changing lenses can be a challenge. My work around is to shoot a scene with all shots with the 120 and then go back again with the…[Read more]

I'm considering this option. Maybe the SF24D would indeed make a nice lightweight fill flash on my S2. I wonder if this would work with higher shutter speeds and CS lenses?

Josh, did you try this set-up yet?