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Congratulations on getting your new S2 Sébastien. You have good reason to be happy. The S2 is a wonderful camera as I am sure you are already discovering.

fotografz;1233 wrote:
From a professional stand-point, most commercial print application ratios are not 2:3 … and wedding/portrait clients over-overwhelmingly order 5X7s, 8X10s, 11X14s, and 16X20s.

Not a wedding shooter… 😉 I love my 20x30s.

…but, yes, I see your point. Although, for wedding album two-page spreads, I'd…[Read more]

Ok ! thanks 😉 yes I shoot only in DNG 🙂
regards

allegretto;1235 wrote: OK, this is what I mean;

http://sensorgen.info/LeicaM9.html

wish I could upload it to make it easy but it seems that this site wont take reasonably sized attachments… or maybe I'm screwing it up. In any case;

you can see that raising the ISO of an M9 compresses DR and does NOT decrease read noise. That it is…

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Iceandfire;1237 wrote: No ! I can't !!!:mad:just srgb in grey

This setting only applies if you are shooting JPG or DNG+JPG. The DNG file is color-space independent. If you are shooting DNG only, the setting will be greyed out.

No ! I can't !!!:mad:just srgb in grey

You could choose between sRGB and AdobeRGB.

OK, this is what I mean;

http://sensorgen.info/LeicaM9.html

wish I could upload it to make it easy but it seems that this site wont take reasonably sized attachments… or maybe I'm screwing it up. In any case;

you can see that raising the ISO of an M9 compresses DR and does NOT decrease read noise. That it is a CCD is not the…[Read more]

David Farkas;1227 wrote: For me, my normal print ratio is 2:3, so I rarely crop my S2 images.

The zoom is slated to be a 30-90mm f/3.5-5.6 and be the size of the 35mm, so not very big and not too slow. Leica had originally planned for a 30-90mm f/3.5 constant aperture zoom, but decided it would be far too large and heavy. Rather, they…

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Many thanks for the help ! 😎
the new firmware is in my S2, everything it's all right !!!
regards

Interesting discussion and it shows the different needs and demands we have. Which also justifies a 30 and 35 S-lens and even much more. 😉

My personal approach is only to use fixed focal zoom lenses for various reasons.

I am a big fan of 24mm (30mm in MF). It is a classic landscape fov, it usually has less problems in the corners and…[Read more]

I was very excited about the possibility of a 30-90 zoom especially after having also spent some time Hasselblad's 35-90 zoom. It's a great lens, but the size and weight soon weighed in on my decision to keep it long-term. Although a zoom the size that has been described would be nice, I'm not so certain anymore whether a variable f3.5-5.6 zoom is…[Read more]

fotografz;1189 wrote: How exciting for you. An exotic new location … nothing like a new place to get the juices flowing. I envy you. Best of shooting to you.

-Marc

Hi Marc,

Small towns in Michigan and Wisconsin aren't exotic locations? 😉 My relatives were quick to point out that it snowed already this week. Meanwhile, it's 88 and…[Read more]

David Duffin;1225 wrote: Of course the shutter must activate to capture a raw for analysis — do you envision this action being assigned to a function button?

what a wonderful idea! 😉

fotografz;1226 wrote: Seems to me that the 24 due next would be the desired lens for landscape, especially considering that by the time you crop the S2 aspect ratio to normal print ratios, you'd probably end up close to 30mm anyway.

For me, my normal print ratio is 2:3, so I rarely crop my S2 images.

However, I admit that I don't do…

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Seems to me that the 24 due next would be the desired lens for landscape, especially considering that by the time you crop the S2 aspect ratio to normal print ratios, you'd probably end up close to 30mm anyway.

However, I admit that I don't do landscape work, but do get stuck in cramped shooting scenarios and also like to do sweeping…[Read more]

How about a true RAW histogram that actually tells us what we are shooting pre-shot?

Of course the shutter must activate to capture a raw for analysis — do you envision this action being assigned to a function button?

Hello,
I receive my S2 this morning, I'm so happy !!! 🙂
so I cannot connect me on the website owners Leica…
I don't know why I cannot connect…
can you help me please ?
have you the last firmware somewhere in your computer please ?
I'm on Mac on lion…
kind regards,
Sébastien

How about a true RAW histogram that actually tells us what we are shooting pre-shot?

I assume most here use RAW/DNG wherever possible. I am further assuming that the current histogram is for a .jpg deriviative not true RAW

stephan;1219 wrote: The sensor-type (CMOS or CCD) is more relevant for the noise-type than the processor. Leica uses CCD-sensors that have other characteristics than CMOS used in 35 mm DSLR.

And even with CMOS-sensors the noise is increasing with higher ISO, but not as sharp as with a CCD.

Compared, for example, and starting wirh 100…

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