Member Kirsten Vignes

tinchohs;5575 wrote: David, which ‘iphone like' protector do you recommend? Anything that comes pre-cut to the right size of the Leica M T240 screen? While you are at it, I would love the same for the Leica MM screen. Thanks so much. Martin.

The Invisible Shield product is available for several different Leica models, but looking at…[Read more]

JerryY;5564 wrote: David, is that correct? Will Leica, NJ really clean the sensor at no charge? Does that apply also to the S? If so, who do we contact?

Jerry

Yes, Leica NJ will clean your sensor at no charge, S included.

The only drawback will be being without your camera for a while.

To send directly to Leica:

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Doug;5551 wrote: I sold my M9 the other day… It had had a Giottos screen protector on it for 3 years, and in that time it collected some fine scratches. So I removed it for the sale, revealing an undamaged Leica LCD looking like new.

I've heard of another brand of screen protector that reportedly damages some Leica screens, but I'm guessing…

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Doug;5532 wrote: The Giottos SP83022 Schott Glass screen protector is a near-perfect fit on the LCD of the M typ240. This is marketed for Nikon 1 V1, J1, and V2 cameras.

The LCD measures 70mm x 49mm and has a narrow blank border that is not used for imaging, and similarly a wider unused bar at right.

The Giottos 3022 series measures 69mm…

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dalethorn;5534 wrote: I ordered one of those Giottos rocket air blower things. I hope it works. Leica says they “take no responsibility” for whatever happens. Not exactly a confidence builder.

Unfortunately, dust is par for the course on digital sensors, especially on CCD sensors like that used in the Monochrom. In most cases, the small dark…[Read more]

The key image has been linked to from TOP:
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/09/leica-on-high.html
It allowed viewers world wide to pixel-peep at the detail. Some have suggested that the lens is not as good as they expected from a Leica, so I blew up a segment at the edge of the shot after downloading it…[Read more]

Dale,
In answer to your questions and comments:
1.In the rain, the S shines, as it is a very water resistant system. No umbrellas are allowed in the stands as they would restrict the view of fans behind the umbrella. The rain stopped by the start of the game, but I had a rain parka with hood in case I needed it. Tripods are not allowed either,…[Read more]

Mark,
Regarding framing cost, I have an amazing museum quality wholesale printer who estimated this will cost under $1,000. Normal framers wouldn't even try this. I will report the actual cost when I see it. I agree with you that canvas wraps can simplify framing, but when we have cameras that have this quality and resolution, printing on paper…[Read more]

dalethorn;5127 wrote: 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…

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Arif, Mark, Roger, and RVB,

Thanks for your comments. Joe and I have been coordinating ideas on how best to frame such large prints going forward. He was considering mounting frameless on aluminum, but services that we have found to do that, also unfortunately require their own printing. If anyone knows of a service that mounts ones own…[Read more]

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!

Mark,
I signed up for the S Arizona Trip in February. I hope to see you there, and I can demo this set up for you in person!

I added this lens switch case pouch to the MindShift outfit:

http://www.mindshiftgear.com/products/lens-switch-case

This lens switch case is for me a distinct improvement over the ThinkTank skin 50 V2 bag or the lens changer 35 V2 as I can get lenses with mounted shades more quickly out of the lens-switch-case than I could the other…[Read more]

There is a $200 rebate offered ending Aug 31 on large Gitzo tripods.

Email Josh at Dale and they will get you the documentation and the tripod. Thanks Josh.

If you read earlier in this thread, you will have seen me saying I don't want to spend $800 on a 3 series when I already had a 2 series.
But I now stand corrected. The price is…[Read more]

How Large Can You Print?

I had been talking to Joe Donovan whom I met on David Farkas' New England Trip about his large format Epson printer, a 9800. He offered to print one of my images on his printer as an example that I could use to show myself and clients what very large format fine art printing looks like from an S2. Earlier in this…[Read more]

If I had been able to sel the client onl the use of fine art paper on the triptych, I would have mounted it bare onto sheets of aluminum backing, or I would have had them laminated onto the back of plexiglas, given that the client did not want any frames or borders to break up the flow so to speak.

Attached is the installation of the vertical triptych. 11 feet high.
Again, thanks David F. for the idea three years ago, and the trip from which it was taken two years ago.

I told the client we had enough resolution to print on fine art paper, but the client preferred the look of canvas wrap to match other artwork in the area.…[Read more]

My guess is three lights as I see a highlight on her hair.

Gary,
Having tried your D-Lux 6 I agree with you that it is a very nice handling camera.
Thanks for letting me try it.

By default, C1 doesn't have built-in profile support for the S-System. Remember, Phase One and Leica are competitors, so Phase isn't motivated to optimize their software for Leica files. S files come into C1 as generic DNG files and look pretty terrible as compared to LR.

That being said, Leica created an ICC camera profile for use in C1 if…[Read more]