Member Mark Gowin

Stuart Richardson;650 wrote: And just another note — Eric Chan confirmed that the detail slider towards the higher side brings into play deconvolution sharpening — so that would mean that David has it right…
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=45038.0

Also, it would seem to make sense to me anyway as to why the…

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Roger;641 wrote: Thanks Josh

I know as you build an archive overtime that there is an advantage to having some consistency in rendering. For example when the pros look back at their life s work ..its nice that everything they shot on kodachrome or tri x has a similar look. For example look at the Leica video on Steve McCurry ….the…

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Roger:

I tend to add more shadow contrast to the S2 because the files tend to be a bit flatter out of camera due to the increased dynamic range that the files have compared to the M9, which I find has excellent contrast straight out of the camera. I always prefer slight overexposure when shooting with the S2, yet another reason for me to add…[Read more]

arminw;627 wrote: great review thanks for the link

Be sure to click the Member Blogs link in the navbar to check for new blog posts from members, as well as the News and Articles link to check for updates, articles and reviews from me and Josh.

Pete Walentin;615 wrote: Camera is on the way to Solms. Even if it is always a pain when those kind a things happen, the support from the community, especially David and Josh and from Leica is extraordinary. They really take care.

Thanks.

Pete

Pete,

Sorry we couldn't get you sorted out without a trip back to Solms. I'm sure…[Read more]

Nick Rains;612 wrote: From what I have been told by the Leica guys, the zoom will be actually much smaller than expected as there will be no CS version. I suspect it will be an f3.5 design but don't know for sure.

From my conversations with Stephan Shulz, the 30-90 should actually be roughly the same dimensions as the 35 f/2.5. The aperture…[Read more]

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]

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:

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]

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]