Member dalethorn

jelajisp;5307 wrote: That is brilliant. Despite all the criticisms for the X-Vario especially about the aperture constraints this is a good example of why the IQ matters more. I have had an X1 for a few years now and am considering the X-Vario

I bought the X1 in early 2010 and donated it to my photo club after getting the X Vario. If the X…[Read more]

Very nice images. I hadn't realized the Packers had won that many titles. I'm a big fan of Vince Lombardi, and had the deluxe glass-and-wood-framed speech on winning on my desk for years. But, I have a fondness for the Steelers, being an Easterner as it were.

Looking at those clouds, I'd hope somebody remembered an umbrella, especially when…[Read more]

The new lens and its host:

New Nocti arrived, snapped a few MM images – awesome detail, back in business.

It's a good time for an update. My MM is waiting for a lens, so I've been using the XV for a week. First impression from latest use: It's a Leica, it's reasonably light, very handy, has a great zoom lens, image quality bests everything I've used that's digital, and it can be slow at times, particularly when the lens is extended. If I hadn't gotten…[Read more]

Jack MacD;4972 wrote: How Large Can You Print? I will keep this unframed for a bit, as it is useful to carry around to clients to show just how much detail can be held in a large fine art print. Jack

Apologies if this was answered, but how do you carry the large print around, and protect it?

Thanks David. There are so many factors …. but the scaling thing may very well account for why some of my images look great and others that should look as good don't have the same impact on the same screen. In any case I have a lot of automation tools for the PC that don't run native on the Mac, so a good PC laptop will come in handy on road…[Read more]

I've had a lot of laptops since 1984, but all of them had lousy screens. Now I have a Macbook, but I see that some of the PC vendors like Dell are making stylish laptops that are slim with good screens, and I wonder if any of those have screens that are good enough to use for casual editing and viewing without the need for color calibration.

Great thoughts. More resolution shouldn't hurt. A lens and camera that support a sometimes spontaneous shooting style is my favorite. I've belonged to several clubs that identified as photo clubs (as compared to camera clubs), the last one a really big regional club, but everyone always went out to the shoots with camera and big tripod. So far…[Read more]

Josh Lehrer;5082 wrote: Dale, I've already emailed you but I also want to post here that of course we will replace your Noctilux with another, new lens and send this defective unit back to Leica. It's rare that we see defects on new lenses but when it happens, we always replace it right away!

Thanks. I know that even if it weren't really…[Read more]

Sawboneslf;5002 wrote: Do you accept Paypal?

Yes – sorry I didn't see this – been away for a week.

This 18746 bag is now carrying the M Monochrom and Noctilux lens comfortably, although I have to fold the strap carefully to squeeze it in. Then the pouch in front holds microfiber cloth, extra SD cards, SD and microSD adapters, ballpoint pen, small papers etc.

rootbeer;5010 wrote: Excellent capture! I love my D-Lux6

Thanks – every time I pop off the lens cap and look at that amazing f1.4 lens, I wonder if it would be possible for Leica to top that one someday.

Jason Holiday;4992 wrote: where did you get this?

Wow – it took me a bit to find it – B&H Photo, July 8th, $159.

Correction to prior post: I don't think the formatting is the fault of the display software here, since the file apparently isn't stored here. But although it's an extra step and not ideally convenient, you can right-click the image and save it to your computer, then double-click the saved file on your computer and your computer will fit it to the screen.

mguffin;4983 wrote: Very nice, but much bigger than my monitor… 🙂

That's the big problem with a lot of forums – the original source (my primitive website) auto-fits the image to whatever screen you have, but most forums prefer the files to be stored on the forum, then they don't auto-resize.

stephan;4935 wrote: I even got the new RAW D-Liux6 which a lot of people say that it is the double the price of the LX7 but hey, the pleasure it provides me is worth every penny.

I really like the G-Star Raw – the extras like the wrist strap and carry case I really use, and they account for a lot of that difference.

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Leica experience. Unboxing the camera and holding it is impressive. I don't think I would have found that especially important at one time – now I do.

Manual operation, when manual operation isn't so much extra work as it is having a direct and positive control of the camera. The lens barrel, with focus and zoom…[Read more]

I've never seen a composition like that – I wonder if this sort of thing is common, getting really unique views from across the water like that. Amazing in any event.

When the X1 was introduced on 9th Sept. 2009, Leica offered a brochure suggesting, or perhaps stating clearly (cannot remember) that images from the fashion shoot in that brochure were made with the X1. And so here for the first time since then, to my eyes anyway, is a real-life collection of comparable images with the X2. And the quality of these…[Read more]