Member Mark Gowin

I have been playing with this combination a bit today to see what's what. I tried every combination I could, camera on first, flash on first, camera on then attach flash while off, camera on then attach flash while on. I have yet to find a combination where the flash will not allow me to select TTL-HSS while attached to the camera. If I take the…[Read more]

Jack MacD;925 wrote: you have turned into a pano man. Nice.

I learned from the best. 😉

This one was a little tricky, though. The blue hour light was changing pretty quickly and my first attempt was 32 second exposures, which meant that between the exposure time and the dark frame subtraction time, I was taking 64 seconds per image,…[Read more]

Townsend, VT

Leica S2 with 70mm, 1/500th @ f/8, ISO 160

Leica S2 with 35mm, 1/15th @ f/13, ISO 160, Schneider 0.9 Soft Grad ND, Tripod

Leica S2 with 120mm, 1/45th @ f/8, ISO 160, Tripod

Leica S2 with 120mm, 1/125th @ f/8, ISO 160, Tripod

Grafton, VT

Leica S2 with 70mm, 1/15th @ f/13, ISO…[Read more]

A few more images, this time from Day Three:

Leica S2 with 180mm, 1/90 sec at f/8

Leica S2 with 70mm, 3 sec at f/9.5 with Kenko Variable NDX filter

Leica S2 with Schneider Apo-Digital 120mm f/5.6 Tilt Shift lens, 1/180 sec at f/5.6. I wanted to play with this lens' tilt and shift. This was shot wide open with the…[Read more]

Two images from the second day of shooting. Amazing how fast the light changes.

Leica S2 with 70mm lens, 4 sec at f/11 with Kenko Variable NDX Filter

Leica S2 with 70mm lens, 1/4 sec at f/11 with Kenko Variable NDX Filter

This was my first time using the Kenko Variable NDX filter, which allows precise ND control from…[Read more]

Just a quick shot from Day One. I was determined to have a picture without any leaves for some reason.

Leica S2 with 70mm lens, 1/2 sec at f/8

It functions identical to the Leica adapter that was recently released, other than being less expensive.

Pete:

The adapter I used is our Leica S2-Mamiya Mount lens adapter. It works will all Mamiya 645 manual focus lenses. Along with the Schneider, we like to use the Mamiya 80mm f/1.9 as well.

Pete Walentin;882 wrote: Hi David,

I've used the Kaesmann Circular Polarizer MRC 82mm back in my Canon days with the UW lenses. That works fine for me as well. I have not used them on the S2. I was a little bit unsure about their effect. At all I am not a big fan of filters. 😉
What I have used on the S2 are Cokin Filters. But they attract…

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Here's another one from Moss Glenn Falls. It's a four-shot pano stitch with the 35mm. Image size is about 82MP (12,000 x 6,000 px).

Pete,

These are really powerful images. I especially like the first one. The symmetry is just perfect and really works here, with the arch framing the cross.

Cam,

Beautiful shots!

Regarding your question, I usually upload images which are 1800px on the long side, quality level 90 out of LR.

Love to see more images.

A few of my shots from our first day….

Mirror Lake in Woodstock, NH

Leica S2 with 35mm, 1/30th @ f/11, ISO 160, Schneider 0.9 Soft Grad ND, Tripod

Leica S2 with 180mm, 1/4th @ f/11, ISO 160, Schneider 0.9 Soft Grad ND, Tripod

Leica S2 with 120mm, 1/30th @ f/4, ISO 160, B+W Circular Polarizer, Tripod

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Roger:

From here they look like star trails. Have you tried photographing a dark wall or something similar where you can eliminate all other variables? I have never seen an issue like this on the S2. Also, have you verified that your firmware is updated?

Roger:

Can you post a sample image showing the problem you are experiencing? The above comments are correct, one of Leica's firmware updates for the S2 this year increased the maximum shutter speed of the S2 from 32 seconds to 125 seconds. What firmware version do you currently have installed?

Joe;771 wrote: I was recently able to use my iPad 2 as a viewing monitor of S2 images in the field. I thought you might have an interest in the process if you have an iPad 2. Here are some thoughts that I shared with David recently.

David,

Here are some links describing the iPad 2 to S2 set up process. As mentioned in the links, I have…

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Well that didn't last long! Out of stock again, for now. Check here for updates.

Lens is sold, thanks everyone!

This setup is a custom-built tilt-shift bellows system for Rollei SL66 lenses. We have this system made to order, so if it is an item of interest, feel free to contact me and I would be happy to discuss details further.

The Rollei SL66 lenses can be found on the web, and we can also source lenses to pair with our custom adapter should one be…[Read more]