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Hey Doug, It is good to see you over here. I know you are into shooting birds and have a need for a telephoto lens. I have been been trying out a Pentax 400mm on the S2 and will make a blog post about the experience soon. Previously, I tried a Hasselblad 350mm CF on the S2 (thanks to Al Tanabe) down in the Everglades. Suffice it to say I too am in…[Read more]

David Farkas;190 wrote: Dr. Zimmer, head of digital R&D, explained that noise could be reduced by either dropping the sensor readout from 24Mhz to 12Mhz or by using a dual readout vs. a quad readout from the sensor. Either of these options would cut the continous frame rate in half and double the time from capture to review, but also would…

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For a shot with that much range of focus depth, I would reccommend focus stacking. Got to have zero wind on the flower, and a tripod
helical makes great software to do it and you can get a free trial.

http://www.heliconsoft.com/heliconfocus.html

You can do it in Photoshop as described…[Read more]

Just a quick note to let everyone know that deliveries of the M9-P in the US have started. We expect to receive our first shipment from Leica on Monday, July 10.

Marc, I've wrestled with the same question countless times and have come to the conclusion that, as Pete says, there's no simple answer. I now work with a “salt and pepper to taste” technique. I do NOT have a single recipe that applies to all my B&W conversions. On model shots for newbies I frequently make the conversions a bit over dramatic……[Read more]

Hi Marc,

That is a hard question you are asking. I would say depends. What would you like to tell? What do you see? With which techniques (grain, contrast etc.) could you express and underline the feeling you have when seeing this picture.

What I mostly do before converting a picture into B&W is making it a nice colorfull picture. In my…[Read more]

Gorgeous! Love the water and richness of the greens.

David K;216 wrote: I haven't seen Marc post here yet so I'll take the liberty of passing along a comment he made on another forum relating to ISO settings. He feels, and I agree, that having more ISO settings would be a good thing. Something in between the existing options. This would be even more useful if the noise reduction firmware…

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Mark I love this shot! Nice work.

Hi Guys
Congratulations on the Exhibition – I hope it's a roaring success – I'm afraid it's a bit far for me to pop in, but I'm sure that it'll be excellent.

all the best

Hi there
Well, I don't think it's fashionable to say so, but I'm a fan of the modern Peter Karbe lenses. So, although I've owned an older 50 ‘cron, the f1 noctilux, the 50 ‘lux asph and the .95 ‘lux, it's the latter two which are still in my collection.

My favorite is the 50 ‘lux – it's so small and neat, it focuses to .7 of a meter, and…[Read more]

I haven't seen Marc post here yet so I'll take the liberty of passing along a comment he made on another forum relating to ISO settings. He feels, and I agree, that having more ISO settings would be a good thing. Something in between the existing options. This would be even more useful if the noise reduction firmware suggestion is implemented.…[Read more]

Love these – especially the last one – sparkling and mysterious – excellent

Hello everyone. I am a film guy with a M7 and hassey.

Josh Lehrer;173 wrote: Dale Photo & Digital has the Leica Summicron-M 35mm F/2.0 ASPH Silver in stock right now, check it out here:

Leica Summicron-M 35mm F/2.0 ASPH Silver at Dale Photo & Digital

Only one lens available!

a real beauty!

Just found out about this forum. Currently shooting M3 and ZI.:)

Thank you both. I thought the set M8u + 24 mm. (viewfinder frame and 32 mm. fov) could be very interesting for a new buyer.

Francisco.

Wow … this would be a fantastic option. Seriously, how do we start our S2 user group Three Noise Mode Petition?

Kurt

+1 on the noise reduction!

How about focus confirmation with the “dot” I know the are linked to the lens but at least a confirmation with non Leica lenses.

Al, I would have loved to come see your exhibit.