Member Mark Gowin

Jack MacD;543 wrote: Mark,
I think David wants to do weightlifting. Since he is both his own very good IT dept. and Dale has an IT dept. he can work very well with a PC. Apple is a good choice for those of us without those skills and departments.

So if he was willing to give up 8 to 16 Gig RAM capabilities with all the rest that he needs…

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Pete,

Ask and you shall receive. I went out today with the S2 and 35mm Summarit-S around noon when the South Florida light is at its most harsh and direct. I headed for a polished stainless steel sculpture in nearby Greenbelt park as I figured it to be the toughest test of CA within driving distance.

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Andrew:

The Lightroom preset cannot be directly imported into Adobe Camera Raw, but the settings are identical, so it would be simple to create a Camera Raw preset using the same settings that are used in my Lightroom presets.

Pete Myers;526 wrote: Dear S2 Users:

For those of you that own and shoot the 35mm FL lens, would you comment on the amount of chromatic aberration seen in, and at the extremes of the images produced? I have been unable to locate any Imatest data on the lens.

Better yet, some corner examples at a few significant F-Stops would be real…

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Pete,

Love these. My favorites are 1, 6, 7 and 8. B&W really works well here.

Atanabe;513 wrote: With no ability to adjust the focus point on the S2 would this expense be fruitless? With Canon and Nikon the user can adjust the focus so the tool is useful. On the S2 if the lens is back/front focusing you have to send camera and lens in? So just a flat high contrast target would be the logical choice.

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Mark Gowin;505 wrote: I have seriously considered getting the Lens Align. It looks like a well designed product and should be easy to use.

Mark,

When the Lens Align first came out, I wrote a review for Digital Photo Pro Magazine. Here's the online version:

Hi-Tech Studio: Exact Focus

My primary focus (no pun intended) of the…[Read more]

Atanabe;507 wrote: No, they read David's post on use once – then discard.

Must be…. 🙂

Although I prefer the term “archive” to “discard”

The latest from Leica's Facebook page:

Leica Camera has recently become aware of customers experiencing compatibility issues related to select types of new memory cards when used in the Leica M9. The misbehavior occurs in very limited cases (< 0.1% of total No. of sold M9/M9-P), but because it is associated with the loss of images, we…[Read more]

Roger;485 wrote: Recently there have been a significant number of sales of “new “ M9P bodies and scarce lenses at healthy premiums above list . These are often represented as coming with a full Leica warranty.

Isn t it true that new Leica m9 bodies come with a 2 year warranty to only the first owner. If I remember to get service you cou…

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Roger;482 wrote: I use a mix of Sandisk and Lexar cards . In Sandisk I use the Ultra,extreme and new extreme pro in 8gb and 16gb formats .

I ve only had 2 card issues in about 75K captures across 8 different digital M s . In one case they were caused by weak batteries (it was really cold out and started with a partially charged battery…

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Atanabe;473 wrote: David,
Wasn't that an issue with the read/write tab on the card?

No, Al, I had brought 3 or 4 brand new 8GB SDHC cards (in packaging) to Seattle. The M9 was being shipped to my hotel by Leica (it was Oct 09, so M9s weren't really out there yet). When I was in Germany testing a prototype M9 for my article, I had used a…[Read more]

Mark Gowin;466 wrote: I figured out part of the problem with the photo of Jack Daniels. Instead of shooting at +0.5 EV I shot at -0.5 EV.

Here is another photo taken the same day along with two crops (bright and shadow). This photo is much better regarding noise. Interesting trivia – Chattanooga, TN is home to the very first Coca Cola…

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Atanabe;474 wrote: Spoken like a true retailer 😮 Don't you just miss the days of film and processing revenue?

Memory card sales make up such a small percentage of our sales, are so inexpensive and have such slim margins (if any at all) that my retailer hat is taken off for this one. I have been taking the single-use SD card approach…[Read more]

Guess I'll chip in as well.

Been fine using Transcend Class 10 8GB and 16GB SDHC cards. On the first version of M9 firmware, I had a compatibility issue (no card found) when using the Transcend Class 6 8GB*. These also work fine now.

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Wow. VERY impressive shot, Mark. Beyond the fact that ISO 1250 looks so good, the picture is really beautiful. What aperture did you use on the 400mm? The bokeh is really nice.

Mark, nice shot! It really is amazing what the S2 is capable of at ISO1250. I am also very pleased to see such nice results from the Pentax 400mm.

Atanabe;451 wrote: David,
Is the warranty transferrable – like the one offered by Solms?

I don't believe so, but I can check. The only transferable warranties that I know of are on S2 and S lenses.

David K;449 wrote: I think it's too expensive for what it is but somehow I'm not surprised. I suspect you could sell an M9 and get a new M9-P for pretty close to the same price.

If you could get an M9-P….. certainly none coming in in the next few weeks with the factory closed for the rest of the month.

Another suggestion for future firmware:

Currently 2 sec self-timer locks up the mirror immediately, then counts down. This is a huge plus for tripod shooting. Unfortunately, the 12 sec self-timer doesn't currently offer any big advantage. Once you press the shutter, the timer counts down from 12, then at the 2 sec mark, the mirror locks up. I…[Read more]