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You are absolutely right Jack. Thank you for posting one. About all I could capture today was rain so didn't bother. Every year near 4th of July, the town I live in puts out thousands of american flags (similar to the one in your photo) along the median of the major streets. They have been doing it since I move here over 25 years ago and I am glad…[Read more]

I am impressed with your focusing skills with the Nocti. I know from experience that it isn't easy nailing the focus point where you want it with that lens. The least amount of body sway or subject movement will throw it off due to the shallow dof.

So I see the model is wearing something reddish/pinkish in this latest crop whereas she is…[Read more]

Mark, she does have beautiful eyes. Here's a heavy crop of a shot taken with the M9 and the .095 Noct at f/1.2. I rarely use this combination when shooting models but when I do I really like the results.

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spoons;4673 wrote: Proof that no matter what you lens you have, it's never quite wide enough….

So true. But we don't always have the luxury of been able to knock the wall out of the way. 😮

Extremely well done David. Of course a beautiful model helps considerably. Thank you for the crop – it is much easier to see that the model has great eyes.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/T2djb245OW5UME43czhUQw

This is the link to some depth of field charts for the first released S lenses. I believe the depth of field charts are available on the Leica home site when you click on each lens and go to the specs, etc…..may be in the accompanying downloads.

Thank you Stephan, really appreciate your help!
Jim

stephan;4692 wrote: you can search the net for DOF calculators that take in account the sensor size and make the calculation for each lens. Unfortunately, the S-sensor is rarely covered, so this search is not easy. There are more calculators – apps, so probably the search there will…

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I intended to shoot all of these wide open…but inadvertently stopped down to f/3.4 on the first one. The others were at f/2.5. Shutter speed was 1/500th for all shots which were hand held using AF. My 70mm is the new CS version. For whatever reason I have a feeling that my new 70mm is sharper than my old one and focuses better. Not basing…[Read more]

very nice shot! Would you consider to share some settings? (for me the 70 doesn't work well if I don't stop down)

you can search the net for DOF calculators that take in account the sensor size and make the calculation for each lens. Unfortunately, the S-sensor is rarely covered, so this search is not easy. There are more calculators – apps, so probably the search there will be more easy (still keep in mind that you need a calculator that covers the S-sensor…[Read more]

@ Jack…I'm shooting with a loaner from David while my S2 is on it's way to Germany. Don't want to abuse his hospitality by getting saltwater on his gear. But I did get splashed a bit on the shower shots 🙂

@ Jim…not only does she not pay me, I don't even get a percentage of her what she makes on all the paying jobs I get her!! But I do…[Read more]

So David, since she asked you did she pay you?

Beautiful model she is.

Jim

Looks like you will be safe here from the saltwater waves of the beach.

I think I remember having read somewhere that the Hasselblad adapter is also quite tight, but that it does click in place.

yes it is extremely tight and the button is so small that a klick is almost not noticable. But no problems so far with the Hasselblad adapter

That is disappointing. This was an adapter that I was considering myself. Let's hope the replacement will work well.

Interesting. You have me curious about what you may be photographing with this behind the scene look. Care to share more info?

Jack and David,

thanks, that's good advice, the difference in download-time is certainly worth carrying the CF reader.

As a side note, the S2 seems to prefer the CF card. When I first got the S2, I tried to update the firmware with an SD card, but couldn't get it to work. With a CF the camera recognized the firmware and did the update…[Read more]

Peter,
David explained this to me a few years ago regarding download speed. And I thank him.
It is an amazing difference! There is a reason CF still exists for pro cameras.

I probably didn't care years ago when I was shooting small files.

peterv;4672 wrote: Thank you for pointing me to your article, David. I remember reading it at the time, but had completely forgotten about the ‘parallel' writing.

Anyway, I have a 32 Gb SD card which I will use in the S2 without the CF in the camera. This will make downloading the files on my MBP easier, since I won't need an extra card…

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