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Rolophoto;5672 wrote: I've experimented and found that if I fit the Grip, I can hand hold for 2 stops longer in the portrait mode.

Could anybody confirm that they had the same experience using the grip?

I could be interested to get the grip if it really works like this.

Andrew

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“The CS lenses still need to use the camera's focal plane shutter so there would be no reduction in shutter vibration.”

Josh, do you imply that the camera uses both the FPS and the CS in the same time?

I think that if you go faster than the 1/1000s the camera moves from CS to FPS.

Am I missing something if I'd say that set on CS (with the proper lens, of course), using a flash or not, until you reach 1/1000s the camera uses the central shutter only?

Thanks.

Andrew

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As we are at the question time, here are my questions:
– is technical feasible an upgrade of the S2 to some improvements introduced to the new S, and if so, which ones?
– when we'll be able to know how good is the new ISO 1600? Could be a new firmware capable of making the S2 reach the 1600 ISO?

Thanks.
Andrew

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Would Leica guys listen to us or we are just daydreaming?

Andrew

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From Lloys Chambers Blog (posted today):

http://diglloyd.com/index.html

Leica S2

From what I hear, the situation is carnage on the Leica S2 front.

My multiple sources suggest that brand-new Leica S2 bodies might be being sold as “demo” or “display sample” units at quite significant discounts. This could only be done if Leica were discounting aggressively to dealers— I am speculating here but I doubt I’m completely off the mark.

Furthermore, used Leica S2 bodies seem to be dropping towards the $10K mark ( somewhat higher prices still, but discounting for the lens…), and I predict that we will see used S2 body prices drop towards the $8K mark by later this fall, especially if a higher resolution model (S3?) becomes available.

With the Leica S lenses the best in the world, a deeply discounted S2 body could be an attractive proposition for some photographers. While my D800 comparison to the Leica S2 looked pretty darn competitive for the D800, the fact is that the S glass is hard to even approach in quality, with only a few exceptions.

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Everything works fine now that I made the right setting. Thanks David.

About that Kindle offer, Josh I'm ready to accept one as well, as you implied that it helps in reading/understanding the Leica Manuals! BTW, the flash manual is way better than the S2 manual. Lucky us, the S2 camera is easier to use than its manual.

Andrew

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Josh,

Could those presets be used or adapted for use in PS CS5?

Thanks.

Andrew

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