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The only 50mm I have is a modern Elmar 2.8 collapsable. so it would be my favorite. There was some question as to it being safe to use on an M8 or M9 but it seems to have adequate clearance from the shutter when collapsed. I suspect that concern was about an older model? If I am not correct, someone on this forum might tell me?

I rarely…[Read more]

Marc,

I really like the Calder shot.
That shot would definitly look great in 30″.
I have learned that one should always keep shooting in the dark, and that shot proves it.
Of course you brought your own sun, but your balance of light was so good, I would not have imagined the conditions if you had not told us.

Mark,
Glad you like them.
To answer your question of DOF, That diptych was shot with three 120mm images merged into a panorama, then reduced to a triptych then narrowed down to a diptych.
There was no focus stacking. I focused on the far wall, letting the foreground beams go soft. You can see the actual DOF in this close cropping of the…[Read more]

A follow up to this shoot on TOP has Mike Johnson showing some of the same photos. Always interesting to see how iterations of resizing and downloading the same image may or may not change the presentation and color of a given image.

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/05/jacks-pictures-with-the-leica-s2.html#comments

David,
Extremely well done. When you kept saying you were working hard on some updates of the new products, I kept asking myself, why is it taking so long? Now I understand. You provided detail on the Monochrom that exists in no other place. I have previously digitally converted about 1/4 of my shots into B&W. Initially my reaction was why…[Read more]

The smile on Mark's face about the back story makes me smile again.

The back story for other readers is that only Mark knew exactly where to drive to get this shot in the falling light. I was riding with him.
The last van made a wrong turn, even though they were following us, and arrived in total darkness. Mark, please remind me who the…[Read more]

When I started this post last Oct. I showed a panorama from the last night in Vermont.
I suggested then that it would make a good ten foot wide triptych.

I sold the heavily modified image as an eleven foot triptych back in January. This week, I was visiting the client showing new work, and took this photo of the triptych installed in the…[Read more]

Suggest we need a little assurance regarding the inventory of M sensors. Even if a M10 gets announced in 5 months, we need to know that M9 sensors will be in inventory for years, should one crack a sensor or scratch a sensor. The worry on this is not mine, but others.

Insure that the $1000 upgrade to the CS is still available. Please tell him, congratulations on the 1/1000 sync speed for the CS, and the H adaptor that keeps auto focus from the H. Impressive.

Josh,
I am very pleased that Leica did the MM. Given that it has no competition I expect it to sell very well to the purists. It is quite cool that only Leica can go to this length.

The Luminous Landscape predicted some would unfortunately complain about the existence of this camera.…[Read more]

I promised to post some more examples of “correct wide angle” filter in CS6

Usually when I merge I use “cylindrical” merge rather than “perspective”, because as this example shows, the perspective merge is usually lopsided. If anyone knows how to avoid for that, please let me know.

In my search for a 14mm S lens, this is my work…[Read more]

As I understand it, the M9 finder lines are accurate if shooting within 3 feet. the M8.2 had accuracy set to six feet. I wish the 9 had kept the frame lines to the 6ft. distance. All an issue with rangefinders.

This is discussed in depth on this l-cmaera…[Read more]

Yes Al,
I definitely used a polarizer.
I would say that using a polarizer when the clouds are this nice is a plus. Yes, much can be done in color post production but David Farkas assured me last fall that there is not yet a “polarizer filter” in Lightroom. Perhaps LR5?

However the amount of darkness of the B&W sky is easily controlled in…[Read more]

Glad to see some R image postings.

My favorite is Ornello's Button Girl.

Super Light Rain Gear for Photographers:

Back on the fall S2 trip with D Farkas and crew, we were shooting in pretty heavy rain one day. If one is spending money for an S2 water resistant camera, one can justify spending a fraction of that on a jacket that keeps the photographer dry.

On that trip, I had brought along a heavy rain parka…[Read more]

Marc,
Everyone who was on the New England Fall trip with David worked with ND and variable ND. They were so valuable, every one bought into David's system. I suspect he will be answering you too. But from a user perspective there was no vignetting issue with the 35 using screw in polarizing and ND filters. We also used David's “external” system…[Read more]

As I said, I am using some blah winter days to reexamine some shots from the fall shoot. This is oddly enough, a merge of two horizontal 120mm shots, then cropped into a vertical panorama. Yes, if I had had a 70mm I could have gotten it in one shot, but less resolution. And I don't have a 70mm. For those of you who want to see the original shot,…[Read more]

And another for the “Looking Up” series.

The series so far can be seen here:

http://www.macdonough.net/Landscapes/Ceilings-of-Mil/20371090_n3XCMX#!i=1624277297&k=b7xGBt9

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An additional “ceiling” for the series.
16mm 1/15 sec

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Josh, since you like red objects…
And it probably costs more than the Ferrari,

This is of a series discussed elsewhere.
Jack

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