Member Kirsten Vignes

Mark,
Forgive me for my delayed viewing of your three shots, but leave the landscape work for a week and just shoot some portraits.

You and I have shot landscape work together, so I know how excellent your landscape work always is, but….

You have a knack for studio shots that you should not ignore.
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Roger;3709 wrote: David

I separate the work flow issues from the display . My focus is on the display as my work flow can be adjusted to a desktop environment with a large screen that displays near 100% RGB etc .

The retina display is how photographers will view my work . As I understand it the retina displays use 4 individual…

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Yes, the lenses exist and sync perfectly at 1/1000th. They haven't started shipping yet, but are expected to by December.

We are still trying to determine how Leica will carry out the upgrade program given the delays. I'm sorry we haven't been able to get a definitive answer yet.

Nice stuff Mark! I feel like I've seen these before…. 😉

Easy to trade in your M9 with Dale if you are in the USA.
I see Amazon is saying they have M in stock, but I would always prefer to deal with a very reliable person, Josh or David at Dale Photo.

Jack

Roger;3705 wrote: David

While I understand the issue ….the results I have seen on any retina aware application are nothing short of amazing and frankly blow away the NEC display . (for rendering of fine detail ..but I get the RGB issue ).

I have the NEC display you speak of ,the new MBP retina and the iPad retina . Each requires a…

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As a follow-up to this thread, I recently found myself in need of a new laptop. Mine had a little fall while traveling to Photokina and the lower left hand corner of my screen now has a very strong red cast. 🙁

So, I visited the Apple store upon my return home and played with a rMBP for a good hour plus. Unfortunately, my concerns over pixel…[Read more]

Given Leica's drive to deliver the absolute best image quality through the entire imaging chain from lens to file, it is not surprising that they would go the extra kilometer to have the most advanced sensor on the market. They've really come a long way in the last few years, with almost all digital R&D being brought in-house.

I love the M9 for it's versatility and small size, but the S2 is simply great for almost everything. I use it as a walk-around camera. Yes, it's bigger than the M, but I spent few years lugging around a Canon 1D with a 24-70mm so the S2 is small in comparison to that. Plus auto-focus is nice to have.

This is definitely a “grey area” right now, but I will be asking Leica about this when I see them in New York this week. I have a feeling we won't have many updates until the CS lenses begin shipping.

Unfortunately the CS lenses have not yet started to ship from Leica yet. They will have a number of pre-production examples at Photo Plus Expo in New York City next week, and I will be sure to ask them what the status of production is.

Josh,
Here is one not shot from a window, I walked outside in the rain. The day before this bird bath was empty. Nice that the S2 can handle the rain so well. Our drought is over for a day.
I learned on the New England S2 trip last year that autumn colors work well in rain.

The second shot is sort of an abstract that I may play with a…[Read more]

Beautiful. I miss that color!

I tried this on an M9 just for fun, but no luck. Is there a similar service menu for the M9?

I actually did not know of that shortcut to get to the M8's service menu, however I can confirm that it works! This is the screen you will see after selecting “Body Debug Data”:

Manilaman2001;3374 wrote: Well 4 months after i asked this questioned, got your replies, and now have sold the 3 R lenses, Leica comes out with the R to M adapter. :(:(:( Nothing lost, i got better and equivalent focal length glass for the M. I could have just kept them for the Canon bodies. 🙁

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GPLeica;3383 wrote: David,

Here's a basic question. How do you think the lens hood will function on the new zoom….is it really only functional for use at the 30mm focal length?

Geoffrey

Good question. Honestly, I don't know. The answer will have to wait until I get a chance to test the lens.

The S2 doesn't officially support SDXC cards. The new S camera will, so I assume this is something that can be updated via firmware, seeing as how both cameras have the same Maestro processor.

My suggestion would be to hold off using the new 64GB card until it is officially supported via firmware. It might work now, but I would be wary of…[Read more]

A quick follow up…it's been about a year since we had the OLED screen's replaced on our S2-P bodies, and they haven't faded at all. And it looks like it's the same OLED that's going in the new S, which is a good sign.

I've been pleasantly surprised with the S2's reliability over the past few years, however that doesn't mean that problems never happen. Leica's S service in Germany is absolutely fantastic, courteous, and their turnaround times are very quick. If you send the camera directly to them (without going through Leica USA in NJ) it's usually two weeks…[Read more]