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Thanks for sharing this. I am very hesitant whether I should sell the 35 and get the 30. On many occasions I would like the wider FOV. But, (1) the gap to the 70 is then really big and (2) there will be the 24 comming which will be really wide (may be too wide?). I am also speculating on the 30-90 zoom which I heard should be ready for…[Read more]

I would say the D800 doesnt change anything about the S2.

The D800 is great for Nikon users who like to print big or crop a lot.

I still expect the S2 to have a bigger viewfinder, the images to show more detail and micro detail, a different behaviour regarding DOF and transition between focus and oof areas, better tonality and “better”…[Read more]

I must write and give a special thanks to Eric for all his help. He was most generous of his time and it was a pleasure to get to know him.
Thank you again,
Arif

Thank you Eric. I appreciate your efforts.

Sorry to say that, but I get a bit annoyed by those D800-S2 comparisons. Just because they have almost the same pixelnumbers, Nikon and Leica are so different concepts and systems so they just cannot be compared.

When you invest in a professional camera system you should consider the whole package (as flashes, light systems, lenses and other…[Read more]

with no doubt the 120 first. It's a very nice portrait lens, that can be used indoors as well as outdoors. The 180 will be a nice addtion though, for outdoors when you have enough light

I started with 35/70 and then asked myself the same question.
I then decided for the 120 but added the 180 not long ago.

I would say it really depends – the 120 offers even shallower DOF and has the 1:2 “Macro” capability.
BUT – the 180 adds that little bit more reach and telelook which sometimes really helps.

In my case I seem to…[Read more]

Thanks Eric. Great work.

Thanks David,

DS

David Farkas;1811 wrote: Dan,

All ASPH lenses are marked as such on the front of the lens.

And another for the “Looking Up” series.

The series so far can be seen here:

http://www.macdonough.net/Landscapes/Ceilings-of-Mil/20371090_n3XCMX#!i=1624277297&k=b7xGBt9

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An additional “ceiling” for the series.
16mm 1/15 sec

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Josh, since you like red objects…
And it probably costs more than the Ferrari,

This is of a series discussed elsewhere.
Jack

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madmanchan;1829 wrote: Hi all,

An update: I have now written a free software utility (Mac only) to fix this problem for affected images — that is, images you've already shot which exhibit these artifacts.

Here's some informal documentation (overview, limitations, instructions, examples,…

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Leica Guy;1833 wrote: I am looking into jumping into the S system. I've read information on the lenses, but wanted to get some feedback from some users. Which would be better to invest in first? The 120mm or 180mm. The 120mm semms like it'd be more versatile.

For me 120mm first. close up 1:2 and more handheld friendly than 180mm.

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this software. I have suffered the purple line and have many affected images that will benefit from your software.

Eric, this is genius! Thank you so much! This will be a great tool to have around. Hopefully I won't need it, but it is very comforting to know it is there.

Hi all,

An update: I have now written a free software utility (Mac only) to fix this problem for affected images — that is, images you've already shot which exhibit these artifacts.

Here's some informal documentation (overview, limitations, instructions, examples,…[Read more]

Ok, here is an example of a really bad version of the effect. This was a test just out my window with the Hasselblad 350mm. These ship lights are extremely high intensity, but this is still not an effect I like to see! I have also seen it occasionally with the 120mm, but not that often. Only in night shooting with very strong lights in the frame.…[Read more]

Very nice Jack. That is an interesting technique, and it seems to really do the job! I have not tried anything similar. I have been doing a lot of long exposure night work for the streetlight series I am doing. The S2 has worked very well for it. The only problem I have had is with ghost images of the light sources. Since I am not using filters, I…[Read more]

This is a 60 sec exposure with a 35mmS at 320 ISO f4.8

I used LR to color correct the sky and photoshop to quadruple the star brightness.
In 60 seconds the star trails are pretty short.

By quadrupling, I did a color select, selected the white of the stars, Duplicated the stars three times and moved the dupes sideways to get four times…[Read more]