Member Kirsten Vignes

Nice shots. Looks like you are getting the hang of M photography pretty quickly.

There is a link to email me in my signature, please send me a message and I will send firmware your way.

Pete:

You are correct, I was mistaken, you cannot re-install the same version of the firmware on the S2 from my experience. Another option might be to downgrade the firmware to the previous version, then upgrade again. I can email you the previous version if you cannot find it online.

Pete:

The S2 firmware update process takes 3-5 minutes, so if it is only lasting a few seconds, it is possible that the firmware file itself is corrupt. I might try re-downloading it from Leica's website, re-formatting the memory card, and give the process another try.

Josh

Pete Walentin;598 wrote: Everything was fine before. Just updated the firmware. Camera automatically turned off. I turned the camera on and now it has a nice black, shimmering line through the whole display. GREAT!

This is already my 2nd camera and I'm starting to really get annoyed.

Does anyone experienced the same problem or does…

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Roger,

In the current firmware, you can set the rear button to either AF-C or AF-S in MF mode. By default, a half-press and hold on the shutter release will act as an AE-L.

If you're used to using the rear button for focus, you may not want to confuse things by setting it to the shutter release. Muscle memory is a powerful force…[Read more]

Air in use:
So far very satisfied.
1.Tethering with LR3 is very nifty and fast.
Might be the best way to download images to the computer, skipping the SD slot, or CF external reader, until a CF thunderbolt reader is available. Any concerns?

2. For moving LR files/catalogs from the Air back to my iMac, I am using a 16 gig SD card for…[Read more]

Marc:

Great to have you on board Red Dot Forum! Thrilled that we could find a combination of Leica gear that worked for you. I am looking forward to seeing some images from your M8/35 cron combo.

Enjoy!

Nick,

Thanks for posting this sample over here on Red Dot Forum. It is one of the best examples I've seen yet for detail and noise at 640 ISO.

I took a look at the metadata: 1/1000th at f/9.5. Easily hand-holdable shutter speed for the 120 with good depth of field as well. ISO 160 would have dropped you down to 1/250th, which should…[Read more]

Nick,
I quite agree. There were so many early postings in 2010 by S2 triers, rather than S2 owners who set up the expectation that only ISO 160 was going to be any good with the S2. But as Leica has worked with Adobe LR, the facts come out that shooting at ISO 640 is no hardship. Next they will complain that there still is no ISO…[Read more]

Nick:

Great to have you as part of Red Dot! I will agree that my S2 presets have some added shadow contrast, this reflects both my preference for a bit of extra contrast and the reduction of the “blacks” slider in Lightroom to 2, which will inherently flatten out the image. Of course I provide these presets as a starting point not as a…[Read more]

I saw your reach for it shot first and wondered where you were to shoot it. Perhaps this explains it as you were laying down on the job.

Kurt,
Great self portrait!
Jack

Whoa! Brave volunteers. 😮

I'd say you effectively captured the moment and the emotion (tension) extremely well.

This looks nice!

http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10549

LaCie Little Big Disk with Thunderbolt

No pricing yet, but sizing will be:

240GB SSD
500GB SSD
1TB 7200RPM HDD

All sizes will have built-in RAID 0 and Thunderbolt 10GB/s interface

Peyton,

Is this lens still available? I have someone who might be interested.

Atanabe;548 wrote: David,
Thank you for doing the test and damn you – now I lust for the 35 😡 Very impressive performance even without the corrections. Overall, the entire stable of S lenses have far exceeded my expectations.

-Al

You're welcome on both counts, Al. 😀

The S lenses are really extraordinary. Peter Karbe told…[Read more]

David,
You could buy this:
http://gizmodo.com/5807015/asus-ux21-matches-macbook-airs-sizes-and-scorches-its-specs

If you use your laptop as your desktop I give you a pass on my weightlifting crack.

I think Dell is terrific, there are dell products that are as light as the Air, not as well promoted, but excellent choices. A Latitude E6320 is a nice…[Read more]