Member Mark Gowin

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]

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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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!

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]

spoons;4813 wrote: I use the battery grip and it does help balance the camera, if making it quite large in the hand. Some posters have suggested that the camera is only as heavy as a ‘normal' DSLR. It is much heavier.

Also, contrary to some suggestions from other posters, the batteries are drained pretty much equally and if shooting tethered…

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peterv;4672 wrote: Thank you for pointing me to your article, David. I remember reading it at the time, but had completely forgotten about the ‘parallel' writing.

Anyway, I have a 32 Gb SD card which I will use in the S2 without the CF in the camera. This will make downloading the files on my MBP easier, since I won't need an extra card…

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peterv;4670 wrote: What a wonderful forum this is! I had the same issue, while using parallel on my S2 shooting DNG only, the SD card stayed empty …
A Google search pointed me to this thread, problem solved. That is to say I'm glad I found out it's not my S2 or me doing something wrong, but I find the DNG to CF and JPG to SD a bit odd. Calling…

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Doug;4649 wrote: I did some work in the LR5 beta. The release version converted my LR4 catalog into a LR5 catalog. I'd like to merge the 5beta catalog into this main LR5 catalog, but I don't see how to do that. Thanks for any helpful suggestions. :confused:

Under File menu, try Import from Another Catalog…

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Nice result, Jack. Gotta love those “automagic” type buttons!

A few more fun images from the trip…

Thanks for the info on LR5b. Looks like this will be a nice upgrade.

Personally, I'm not one to transition to a Beta version. I'll wait for the RC to start playing.

The Leica S/S2 can shoot either a compressed or uncompressed DNG file. If you shoot an uncompressed DNG file it will be around 75mb in size. If you shoot compressed, that's around 45mb. By default, Lightroom does not change the file size of a DNG, what you are probably seeing are files that you shot compressed.

Sadly I didn't take another absurd photo of me with all the cameras…I knew I could never top the photo from New England!

I didn't shoot very much, but here are a few of my favorites from the trip:

I was able to shoot a bit with the new Leica M and some interesting lenses including the Leica APO-Elmarit-R 180mm f/2.8 (used on the black and white shot of the bricks) and a Zeiss Contax Vario-Sonnar 35-70mm f/3.4 (used on the last image). I…[Read more]

peterv;4510 wrote: Very nice images, David, thanks for sharing. I particularly like the colors in the long exposure after sunset on Smather's Beach. The blue sky is fantastic.

How many shots did you use for the focus-stacking?

Thanks.

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Jack MacD;4479 wrote: RVB,
Yes .8 times 24 is indeed 19.2 not 18.6.
This was a test for Josh and David and either:
1. neither saw my error in reporting or
2. were too nice to think they should correct the error, or
3. starting to worry that I would want to return the lens to Solms to have them make it a 23.25 mm.
4. Too busy…

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