Member David Farkas

hikemate;1291 wrote: Can I buy and attach the rici to my 120 (for my s2p) or my 90 f4 macro lens (on my m9). will it work as a macro flash

The SU-800 Commander for the R1C1 does have the ability to control the SB-R200 flashes in M mode so it should work, although I have not personally tried.

The R1C1 does come with a 72mm adapter ring…[Read more]

Pretty cool, Mark.

You realize that if you printed this 20″ tall, you'd end up with a print 17 feet in length?!

Stuart Richardson;1282 wrote: So, one of the great things about the S2 is that the lenses are so incredibly good that they outresolve the sensor in most situations. The downside to this situation is that since there is no AA filter, you can experience moire if you have fine detail. I have been experiencing it on a fairly regular basis. I…

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stephan;1283 wrote: TTL should also be possible with SCA 3002 compatible flashes, as the Metz 76.

The point is for me that I'm used to the fill in function of the Nikons, where you can easily manage the flash-output even in TTL. You set the camera in manual and fill in with TTL, which works great. So now I'm looking for something similar for…

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constable;1280 wrote: I would like to add my request for user choice over SD or CF as the first used storage medium. Note that I am not asking for parallel processing, simply a user choice. The reason is simple .. one less piece of equipment to take with me when travelling with my MacBook Air which has a built in SD card slot.

Not really much…

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stephan;1262 wrote: is anyone using a Nikon SB900 with good results on the S2?

I have a lot of SB900 that I use (mostly) with pocketwizzards and want to use them again with the S2 as well. Of course, TTL would be great, but I think only A-mode is possible, right?

Yes, SB900s will only work in AA or M mode on the S2. You can trigger them…[Read more]

Alright… here's the test:

Testing methodology:

M9 with 35 f/2 ASPH on tripod shooting into open shade. I first shot 1250 ISO at 1/125th @ f/8 (proper exposure) then changed ISO to 160 at the same shutter speed and aperture.

Imported into LR 3.5 using my standard M9 preset, synced the WB on both shots to 5400K +12 tint. Boosted…[Read more]

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]

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.

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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rgk;1199 wrote: Isn't sdhc/cf card management on the wishlist for future upgrades? I would be very pleased with the ability to have images written to each card simultaneously as a backup measure.

We discussed this with the S2 product managers in NYC. The image pipeline in the S2 is sequential, not parallel. So, if a DNG was to be written to…[Read more]

In case you guys didn't see, I posted an article with some sample images and 100% crops here:

A Quick test: Leica Elmarit-S 30mm f/2.8 ASPH vs. Summarit-S 35mm f/2.5 ASPH

constable;1194 wrote: This is a silly question that I am certain should be in the manual, but I can't find it.

My S2 writes first to CF then SD. When I travel, I usually have an iPad and Mac Book Air with me. My ideal configuration would be to write to SD with a backup to (64 GB?) CF.

Is it possible to force the SD to first…

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Pete Walentin;1169 wrote: Dear Mr. Farkas, where are you? 😀

Can't wait to see some picutres.

Pete,

I have the images from the 30mm just about ready to go up…. but of course today I am a little distracted. Doing a test shoot this afternoon with some CS lenses at the beach. 😎

I'll add to what Josh wrote.

In the past when Leica would come out with a new camera body, they might sell an average of one lens with each body as the vast majority of purchasers were already existing owners of the M system. These owners already had some lenses, so many didn't need the standard focal lengths of 35 and 50.

With the M9,…[Read more]