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issa918 replied to the topic FS: Leica H to S adaptor- Mint in the forum Gear For Sale 13 years, 2 months ago

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melantye replied to the topic Some shots with M240 and Noct in the forum Images to Share 13 years, 2 months ago

Scott997;4607 wrote: Congrats on your M! What lens did you shoot the 2nd picture with?

Thanks Scott! They're all captured with the Noctilux 0.95

Scott997 replied to the topic Some shots with M240 and Noct in the forum Images to Share 13 years, 2 months ago

Congrats on your M! What lens did you shoot the 2nd picture with?

peterv replied to the topic Any ideas on the purple line in the following images? in the forum S2 13 years, 2 months ago

You'd probably get more answers and possibly remedies over at the LUF M9 forum.

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/

All the best!

noamc replied to the topic Any ideas on the purple line in the following images? in the forum S2 13 years, 2 months ago

thanks for your answer, I ‘ve tried to convert with the adobe software but I still have the mistake….
I am really disapointed I have some massive works to shoot very soon with this camera and I can't imagine to fix file file….
please any help again ??

Jack MacD replied to the topic 24mm in use in the forum S Lenses 13 years, 2 months ago

True,
When I choose to use f3.5 it is to blur the background so soft corners would not be noticed, nor any issue.
Jack

Leica Store wrote a new post 13 years, 2 months ago

Today, Leica has announced the Leica S-Adapter-C, which allows Contax 645 AF lenses to be mounted on a Leica S system camera (S2, S2-P, or S typ 006) with full functionality, including auto focus and aperture control. From Leica:

Leica Camera is pleased to introduce the Leica S-Adapter C which will be available from this June. With this adapter, Contax 645 lenses can be used with the Leica S (Typ 006), Leica S2 and Leica S2-P cameras. The adapter enables owners of the Contax 645 system to switch effortlessly to the Leica S System.

The Leica S-Adapter C when used with Contax 645 lenses on any of the Leica S cameras offers the following:

Autofocus and manual focus with focus confirmation
Automatic aperture
Using the EXIF data of lenses of Contax 645 system
Use of corrective lens profiles for the Contax 645 system when converting the RAW files in Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Photoshop.

When using the adapter with Contax 645 lenses, the aperture is selected with the manual mode or the automatic setting of the camera.

Stefan Pick, Contax photographer for many years, was the first to test the S-Adapter C in conjunction with the Leica Stand Contax 645-lenses. Stefan Pick said, “Initially, I was pessimistic about the adapter solution, but already from the first use I was enormously surprised how quickly and how well the auto focus on the Leica S works – faster than on Contax system in the past. The image quality as a result of the combination of Contax lenses on the Leica S is gigantic. Therefore, the connection of the Leica S with the Leica S-Adapter C is an extremely affordable entry-level solution to the Leica S-System and a better quality solution as a digital back, for photographers who own the Contax lenses from the past.”

The Leica S-Adapter C supports the following lenses from the Contax 645 system:

Distagon T* 3.5 / 35 mm
Distagon T* 2.8 / 45 mm
Distagon T* 3.5 / 55 mm
Planar T* 2.0 / 80 mm
Apo-Makro-Planar T* 4 / 120 mm
Sonnar T* 2.8 / 140 mm
Sonnar T* 4 / 210 mm
Tele-Apotessar T* 4 / 350 mm
Vario-Sonnar T* 4.5 / 45-90 mm
Mutar 1.4x T*
Auto Extension Ring 13 mm
Auto Extension Ring 26 mm
Auto Extension Ring 52 mm

The Leica S-Adapter C does not support auto-focus for the following components:

Apo-Makro-Planar T*4 / 120 mm as it is a MF lens
Automatic bellows

The adapter will be shipping from Leica in June 2013 and will be available for $1,950. For questions about the adapter, email us or check out the adapter online here: Leica S-Adapter-C.

ddanois replied to the topic 24mm in use in the forum S Lenses 13 years, 2 months ago

Jack,

Thanks for the reply and the confirmation effort.

I would agree with you that my typical use of this lens would be between f5.6 and f11 so it's not much of a practical issue for me (f8-f11 are amazingly sharp edge-to-edge).

For a 19mm equivalent lens, it's quite an accomplishment on Leica's part.

Thanks again,

Derek

Jack MacD replied to the topic 24mm in use in the forum S Lenses 13 years, 2 months ago

Derek,
Sorry to be slow in responding, but I am off shooting in Tent Rocks New Mexico.
In order to answer your question, I had to shoot some tests at f3.5 to see if the corners went soft. Yes they do a bit under huge enlargement.
I never have shot wide-open but now I will know what to expect. f5.6 was only shot so I could freeze the bike…[Read more]

ddanois replied to the topic 24mm in use in the forum S Lenses 13 years, 2 months ago

Hi Jack,

I like this image!

What are you noticing about the 24 compared to the other S lenses? I'm seeing fairly soft corners at 3.5 compared to 5.6 with my 24mm lens.

My comparison is my 30mm which is amazingly sharp wide open at 2.8.

Thanks in advance for the input.

Derek

peterv replied to the topic Any ideas on the purple line in the following images? in the forum S2 13 years, 2 months ago

Noam, I don't know for sure if this will help, but I'd try too convert the M9 DNG in the free Adobe DNG converter before using Eric Chan's software. See if that works …

noamc replied to the topic Any ideas on the purple line in the following images? in the forum S2 13 years, 2 months ago

Hi, I just notticed this problem last day on my m9p
a line of less than half the image of red dead pixel…
i've tried the software of madman but once i want to fix images, after entering the numbers of the pixel as asked by the application, it writes me that the file format is invalid…. and i drag a dng coming from a leica m9

any idea…[Read more]

elia9085 replied to the topic DNG FILES in the forum S2 13 years, 2 months ago

So here is the problem. If Lightroom as well as Adobe dng convertor used compress format what is happens with different type of files when convert them to dng? Also you really can't do metadata & preview update because files get converted to compress format. So how can save changes to dng except catalog?