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madmanchan;1046 wrote: Hi David, I will be at Photo Plus and will likely drop by the S Studio sometime on Thurs afternoon. Hopefully we'll get a chance to catch up.

Eric,

Hope to see you there today.

30mm f/2.8 announced today. See new thread and article on main page for details.

Joe;1070 wrote: Just wanted to share an image of Mount Washington, NH

Thanks,

Joe

Very nice!

Arif;1067 wrote: David, let me know if you ever want to sell your 35 anthracite 😉 I have just the camera to match it.

How did you know about my 35 cron ASPH Anthracite? I don't remember posting that info online…. :confused:

I think I'll hold onto it…along with my silver 90 Elmarit. Some vices are hard to give up (lenses too). 😀

I've made no secret that I use the S2 for almost all of my shooting these days. I actually feel guilty for not using my M gear as much as I used to. I've been an avid M shooter for years, but always had an affinity for SLR shooting as well. The R9/DMR was great and I was a huge advocate and enthusiastic user of the system. But, at the time, I used…[Read more]

David,

Nice shots. You really nailed the tractor shot. Unfortunately, I must have moved my focus or just not paid attention to focus at all as I was chopping down weeds with a Swiss Army Knife in front of our camera position.

Kurt Kamka;1020 wrote: David,

Will the newest version also fade over time? I'm not certain if that is nature of these types of panels or if it was because of a component from a particular supplier, but I thought that I'd see what you've heard.

Kurt

Kurt,

From what I've heard, this new component shouldn't fade like the original…[Read more]

constable;1018 wrote: David, Josh

Is there a list of serial numbers that qualify for the replacement?

Mine is a 2010 model with serial number 3800XXX that is now almost impossible to read in daylight (not sunlight, rather daylight!)

Cheers

Ed

All S2s with the original OLED component are eligible for free replacement.

To give everyone a better idea of what to look for…this image (taken outdoors in open shade) shows 3 different S2 bodies with 3 different OLED screens. The bottom S2's screen is from an early batch of S2 bodies, and exhibits heavy fading to the point where it can barely be seen. The middle S2's OLED screen was replaced by Leica before the newest…[Read more]

David K;1005 wrote: We really had some great spots to shoot this day. Here's one that I climbed half a mountain for…not my best shot of the day but the one I worked hardest to get. Also a bit different than what's been posted.

I like this shot a lot, but have no idea where you took it. :confused: Can you give me a hint?

Mark and Al, looking forward to seeing you both in NYC. 😀

Mark, usually that happens when the photos are uploaded with a color space other than sRGB. When the browser converts it to sRGB for web viewing, it gets very dull.

The original OLED part, while ultimately defective, is a great idea. The ability to color-code information on the top display allows the user to quickly see what's going with the camera. For example, if a setting on the top OLED is blue while shooting tethered, that means that setting is being controlled from the computer. If something is green,…[Read more]

Doug;986 wrote: Mine is essentially invisible in daylight as well… Is this service done in NJ?

Doug,

Unfortunately, all S2 service is performed in Germany. The good news is that turnaround for S2 service is pretty quick.

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