Member Kirsten Vignes

I will be at the Cavallino Classic all day on Saturday, 10am-3:30pm. I will also be at the Supercar Show in West Palm Beach on Sunday. See you at the Breakers!

Nice. Seeing as how I only got to use the 30mm off a small balcony in NYC, your image really makes me want to go out for a “real” test. Hopefully, Leica will ramp up production soon.

Paratom;1723 wrote: Those who have tried it-how do you like the new Microprism focusing screen ?
Do you plan to constantly use it instead of the standard screen?
Is it brighter than the standard screen?
Thanks a lot, Tom

The matte area of the screen is the same as the standard screen, but I'd guess that the microprism circle is about a…[Read more]

Well, I much preferred the game result of the Viking game.
But i once again brought my M9 with WATE and took this sunset Lambeau Field shot set at 16mm.
If you enlarge the photo you will see Aaron Rodgers making one of his signature runs. He had more running yardage than any of the Packers.

This one photo completes my…[Read more]

We were told that the microprism screen would start shipping in January. It's January and I see that some of our European members have already received screens. The usual pattern is that the US is 3 weeks behind Europe in terms of new product deliveries. So, I'd expect to see pretty good quantities in 1-2 weeks.

The first shows the Leica bokah but all are quite nice. Time for a self portrait in the new landscape.
I think Kipper is correct on your B&W process question.
I'm off to a football game this weekend, too bad you are too far away for me to borrow your 180 again.

Great stuff Kurt!

Stuart,
Your point about battery life is well taken. It is amazing. When one finally runs down, I always think something horrible has happened, as I see the camera so rarely down. Then I realize it's just the battery. This occurred once when shooting an event where i actually ran through a 64 Gig card before the battery ran down. I do have a…[Read more]

I prefer your white balance as you have it. I am shooting some overpasses from below and you are motivating me to do some night work on them. I can appreciate why you would like an S2 with the conditions you live in. Glad you are posting, not many of us get to your part of the world, and I like your eye.

Pesto;1671 wrote: Thanks for your reply Stephan. The delay that I am referring to is the time between pressing the shutter button and the opening of the shutter. In the “TTL-HSS” mode, my subjects are often in the next room by that time; I do however have some lovely, perfectly exposed images of walls and such which should lend nicely to the…

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Pete Walentin;1648 wrote: Hi guys,

I already passed into the new year and I wish you all a Happy New Year!

I hope our S2 community is continuing to grow in the new year and I wish to thank David and Josh for their “work” and making this forum possible.

Cheers,
Pete

Thanks Pete!

I hope everyone had a Happy New Year as…[Read more]

dodphotography;1639 wrote: first post here, be easy on me!

I am looking to pick up an M6 in great condition but am completely new to the Leica / rangefinder world. Looking to get some longevity out of this investment, basically I want to be able to pick a camera up in 40 years and still have it work just as the day I got it (with proper care…

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Lens is sold.

HCHeyerdahl;1615 wrote: Hi,

I mostly shoot outside, but do use a portable flash on my Nikon for taking casual snaps of my family etc. I don´t know much about using flash, and just bounce the light off some wall when taking pictures indoors. My (very limited..) experience is that a shutter speed of 1/250 gives a greater number of keepers,…

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Your assumptions are correct. According to Stephan Schulz (S2 product manager), there is no vibration advantage when using CS lenses as the focal plane shutter must fire immediately before the leaf shutter. The only advantage of the CS lenses is for faster flash sync speed, which in itself, is only an advantage when shooting with studio strobes…[Read more]

Michael Moss;1603 wrote: My understanding is that the CS lenses have a built-in leaf shutter that allows 1/500 flash sync, but what are the other speeds available to the leaf shutter? Can it do the full range of speeds slower than 1/500? …like 1/4 or 1/8 etc? Thanks for any info

Michael,

The leaf shutter in the CS lenses can operate…[Read more]

Jack,

I really like the first shot. I also like the more symmetrical version on your site of the same structure as well. Not sure which I like best. You could do a triptych series of 3 different angles of the same subject. Might be and interesting twist.

David

Not difficult.
Just make sure you don't scrape the screen on the metal holder. It can scratch easily.
Also make sure you put it in with the right side up, or the holder will not close properly.
If you have to feel like you are forcing it to click closed, you are probably upside down.
Don't drink coffee before the move.

Josh says he is…[Read more]

Your Monitor Back Plane Brightness setting is currently on Automatic. This adjusts the monitor backlight (not image brightness) based on ambient lighting conditions. To change:

1) Setup menu
2) Monitor/Display
3) Back Plane
4) Backlight
5) Change to Medium
6) Confirm by depressing the thumb wheel

This should solve your problem.

This is a reply for Marc from “Re: Advice need from wedding shooter” copied to this thread on camera straps so it can be found by others reading about straps.

Marc,
Thanks for the advice on the hand strap from http://camdapter.com
and pointing me to the correct plate for RRS.
and mentioning fun colors for the leather. I got the red…[Read more]