Member David Farkas

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]

Atanabe;1133 wrote: Pete,
At PPE, Leica was also demoing the Schneider 120 Macro TS Mamiya mount, adapted to the S2. With TS, manual focus and exposure is the norm so no real compromise there. Historically, Schneider has been the provider of TS lenses for Leica. The price I hear is in the $5,500 range or in Leica speak, a “Bargain”. I think…

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Josh and I met with S2 product managers Stephan Shulz and Toni Felsner at Photo Plus and discussed many of the points raised on this thread regarding firmware. I will be posting a summary of that conversation when I get back to Florida. Right after NYC, we headed up to Rochester, NY to give S2 training to students and faculty at RIT. Please stay tuned….

After using the 30mm a bit I can say that the FOV is noticeably wider, but not a huge amount. Really, it is what you'd expect to be a single-focal length difference.

I will be posting shots next week when I return home.

Marc, yes, the 24mm is planned for release next year. It will be the equivalent of a 19mm lens in 35mm terms. Much,…[Read more]

Just a friendly reminder to send us any questions or comments for the S2 product managers. We will be meeting later this afternoon.

Thanks!

madmanchan;1046 wrote: Hi David, I will be at Photo Plus and will likely drop by the S Studio sometime on Thurs afternoon. Hopefully we'll get a chance to catch up.

Eric,

Hope to see you there today.

30mm f/2.8 announced today. See new thread and article on main page for details.

Joe;1070 wrote: Just wanted to share an image of Mount Washington, NH

Thanks,

Joe

Very nice!

Arif;1067 wrote: David, let me know if you ever want to sell your 35 anthracite 😉 I have just the camera to match it.

How did you know about my 35 cron ASPH Anthracite? I don't remember posting that info online…. :confused:

I think I'll hold onto it…along with my silver 90 Elmarit. Some vices are hard to give up (lenses too). 😀

I've made no secret that I use the S2 for almost all of my shooting these days. I actually feel guilty for not using my M gear as much as I used to. I've been an avid M shooter for years, but always had an affinity for SLR shooting as well. The R9/DMR was great and I was a huge advocate and enthusiastic user of the system. But, at the time, I used…[Read more]

David,

Nice shots. You really nailed the tractor shot. Unfortunately, I must have moved my focus or just not paid attention to focus at all as I was chopping down weeds with a Swiss Army Knife in front of our camera position.