Member Mark Gowin

Jack MacD;228 wrote: With huge photo files the norm with either the M9 or S2 I look forward to seeing more options for external hard drives that connect with thunderbolt. Even the connection cords are rare so far. Does anyone have any experience with thunderbolt yet?

Jack,

Perhaps the better question is why 2011 Macs don't come standard…[Read more]

Just a quick note to let everyone know that deliveries of the M9-P in the US have started. We expect to receive our first shipment from Leica on Monday, July 10.

Gorgeous! Love the water and richness of the greens.

David K;216 wrote: I haven't seen Marc post here yet so I'll take the liberty of passing along a comment he made on another forum relating to ISO settings. He feels, and I agree, that having more ISO settings would be a good thing. Something in between the existing options. This would be even more useful if the noise reduction firmware…

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Mark I love this shot! Nice work.

Okay, here is a big one I left off that I've written about before…

Dr. Zimmer, head of digital R&D, explained that noise could be reduced by either dropping the sensor readout from 24Mhz to 12Mhz or by using a dual readout vs. a quad readout from the sensor. Either of these options would cut the continous frame rate in half and double the…[Read more]

Mark Gowin;160 wrote: Jack,

As I recall, the S2 has never performed parallel writes of the DNG to both CF card and SD card. I was shocked to discover that parallel write really meant it writes the DNG to the CF card and JPG to the SD card when you have the S2 set to DNG+JPG. If you have the S2 set to DNG only, then it doesn't write anything…

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FMB;148 wrote: Dear M8 owners

I've my M8 as a back camera, I've also an M9 with a good set of Leica lenses, and I'm thinking if now is a good moment to try selling the camera alone or with the Elmarit 2,8 24mm.

Some main questions:

– Is it easier to sell only the camera or camera+lens?
– Which do you consider is the price for…

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GPLeica;147 wrote: For those of us who have been shooting the S2 for awhile and are printing larger than, say, over 30″ in width, what are the lowest shutter speeds you feel comfortable shooting handheld? I assume that if you're like me, I bought the S2 because I wanted super sharp images, or, if not the whole scene, selected portions of images.…

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Jack,

This is pretty neat tech. I'd be very curious to see how much power output they are able to get. Looks like the unit uses and array of about 112 LEDs. I seriously doubt they can even match the light output of an on-camera strobe, let alone a portable power pack, but I won't dismiss something I've never seen or used.

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Kurt Kamka;94 wrote: … on camera and off. I need to take a deep dive and understand a bit more about the SF58, basic settings and any other secrets you wish to share.

My confession: I've never really taken the time to understand flash … I've compensated by finding faster lenses and better higher ISO cameras. I've used flash a few times…

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Beautiful shot, Kurt. Which lens?

David

Mark Gowin;91 wrote: Josh and David, thank you for showing me what is possible. I am embarrassed to admit it but truth be told I have purchased three previous Photoshop versions (CS2, CS3, and CS4) with every intention of learning how to use it each time I purchased it. It's funny that it took me three well intentioned tries before I figured out…

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Mark,

I was on the same wavelength as Josh apparently. I also used Lighten for my blending mode, but added some curves adjustments with clipping paths. This applies the curves layer to only the layer immediately below it. So, I boosted the brightness of the firefly images a bit and brought down the background image to make it look more like…[Read more]

Mark:

Overlay each image over your original file and set the blending mode to “Lighten” in Photoshop. I did this with a few of the files just to show how it would work but you could certainly do it with as many of the firefly images as you like.

Good luck!

Atanabe;79 wrote: Cool!

Took a look at a Sinar P3 this weekend, my they are proud of their price, $8000! I bought my first Sinar P 4×5 for $750

Al,

An Arca Swiss 6×9 F-Classic like this one can be had for around $1800 used. And the form factor of 6×9 (2×3 in) is much smaller than 4×5 (in). Something to consider for field use.

David

Atanabe;74 wrote: I guess part of the problem in deciding on what lens to get is not being able to see one.

We've had all four lenses for quite some time and even offer them for remote Test Drive for this very reason.

Leica S2 Professional Rental | Dale Photo & Digital

Tell you what, Al…. buy me a ticket to Seattle and I'll…[Read more]

Atanabe;71 wrote: Okay David, you know better, the Hassey lenses are f4 max aperture. That aside, I shot at max aperture for all lenses and yes the Leica wins but not by much.

Yes, the 120 is a killer lens but so is the 70 and it shoots reasonably close so it will be my macro for now.

There's no doubt that the 40 FLE and 120 CF Makro…[Read more]

Atanabe;69 wrote: Today, I found unobtanium, 35 Summilux Asph vII, 35 Summarit S, 120 Summarit S. A trifecta! Of course, none were for sale but at least I got to handle and shoot with them so nowthe true lust begins. What I found interesting was the performance of the 35 Summarit vs 40 CF FLE Zeiss. The Summarit was sharper but only when pixel…

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Hi Guys,

I find the AF on the S2 to be very accurate and repeatable, much more so than a Nikon or Canon pro body. I think the biggest stumbling block is understanding how the AF system on the S2 works. Once that is understood, life becomes much easier. For instance, the AF isn't a single point in the crosshairs, it is more an average of what…[Read more]