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    melantye replied to the topic handle S2 in low light situations in the forum S2 13 years, 2 months ago

    fotografz;2167 wrote: There is a third option depending on the subject matter … use some flash.

    I just finished a blog article on this subject, specifically referencing the S2.

    It seems Leica users are inordinately against flash, and fear that “flashy” look. However, it really isn't that hard to employ the S2 for low light…

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    melantye replied to the topic Weird power problem with my S2? in the forum S2 13 years, 2 months ago

    Josh Lehrer;2146 wrote: It sounds like you have a bad battery to me. That is a problem I have seen before, where the battery shows that it has some charge remaining but the camera refuses to stay on. At first I thought it was a camera issue but after trying a new battery, I realized it was a defective battery. Send it my way and I will replace…

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    melantye replied to the topic Lupine in the forum Images to Share 13 years, 2 months ago

    Amazing colors! Just wow! could you share briefly how did you process these photos?

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    melantye replied to the topic Any ideas on the purple line in the following images? in the forum S2 13 years, 4 months ago

    madmanchan;1829 wrote: Hi all,

    An update: I have now written a free software utility (Mac only) to fix this problem for affected images — that is, images you've already shot which exhibit these artifacts.

    Here's some informal documentation (overview, limitations, instructions, examples,…

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    melantye replied to the topic 180mm or 120mm First? in the forum S Lenses 13 years, 4 months ago

    Leica Guy;1833 wrote: I am looking into jumping into the S system. I've read information on the lenses, but wanted to get some feedback from some users. Which would be better to invest in first? The 120mm or 180mm. The 120mm semms like it'd be more versatile.

    For me 120mm first. close up 1:2 and more handheld friendly than 180mm.

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    melantye replied to the topic Omo valley – ethiopia in the forum Images to Share 13 years, 5 months ago

    breathtaking images! hope to hear more about the stories behind.

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    melantye replied to the topic Death valley and mono lake california in the forum Images to Share 13 years, 7 months ago

    amazing photos! I especially like Sand Dunes #2, well done in BW

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    melantye replied to the topic cf and sd cards– problems, speeds in the forum S2 13 years, 8 months ago

    Actually the fastest CF card right now is San Disk Extreme Pro 128GB, a UDMA 7 card with 100MB/s.

    I think S2 supports UDMA 6 cards, no idea about UDMA 7 though.

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    melantye replied to the topic Suggestions for feature additions in future S2 firmware updates in the forum S2 13 years, 9 months ago

    David Farkas;682 wrote: There is no way to do multiple exposures in a single capture, but you can easily do this in Photoshop with layers, with far more control than doing so in-camera.

    See the following thread for an example where multiple long exposures of fireflies were easily composited against a single…

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    melantye replied to the topic Suggestions for feature additions in future S2 firmware updates in the forum S2 13 years, 9 months ago

    Not sure if I missed this function in the menu or not… can we do multiple exposure?

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