@david-farkas
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Jack,
Great stuff. Thanks for posting.
We haven't had an opportunity to really test the lens in real-use scenarios. Your architectural shots speak volumes on the performance of this very wide S lens. We are expecting to have a 24mm on our Florida Keys and Everglades workshop in a couple weeks, along with the 30-90mm. Hopefully, Josh and I will get a chance to shoot a little with the lens ourselves.
David Farkas
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Leica Store Miamiddanois;4298 wrote: Josh,
I have only heard of the 70CS shipping. Are they shipping any other CS lenses?
Thanks,
DerekDerek,
Yes, we've already received deliveries of the 35, 70, 120 and 180 lenses in CS versions.
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Leica Store MiamiScott997;4287 wrote: I attended the Leica Store Miami S system demo today, and it was fantastic. Not just the camera, we know that's the holy grail of cameras.
The new store looks AMAZING! Once the store opens it's something you all have to see. Even if you need to travel and visit sunny Florida for the weekend it's worth the trip.
I met a lot of great people today and there was nothing but good vibes. Everyone enjoying themselves, shooting cameras, talking cameras, all fun. A gentlemen even drove his manual Porsche 911 from Ohio. If that's not dedication to Leica I don't know what is!
Check out the facebook page and you will be able to get an idea of what the store looks like.
Scott,
Thanks for coming out for the event. It's great to finally tell everyone: Leica Store Miami is now open!!! We've been working on the project for a little over a year and are extremely proud of how everything has come together.
Here is a link to the Leica Store Miami Facebook page, with plenty of pictures from the event:
http://www.facebook.com/LeicaStoreMiami
And one of the Dale Photo & Digital / Leica Store Miami team….
David Farkas
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Leica Store MiamiMark Gowin;4188 wrote: Unfortunately, I got to experience some winter weather too this weekend. I much preferred the warm south Florida climate from the weekend prior. At least I was out shooting so it isn't all bad.
Sparks Lane, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mark,
This one is really special. Wow.
David Farkas
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Leica Store Miamierlingmm;4155 wrote: I have a Mamiya APO 300mm F/4.5 IF on hand at a good price, it is supposed to work with the S2 via the L16025 adapter. Does anyone have experience with this lens on the S2? What will the actual FOV of lens be on the S2, given that it is made for a larger sensor?
I haven't tried this lens on the S2, but a 300mm is a 300mm, regardless of sensor size. Compared to 35mm FF, a 300mm will offer an equivalent FOV of 240mm. Love to see some shots from the lens, if you get a chance.
David Farkas
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Leica Store MiamiAlex,
I'd also suggest using a card reader to download your images, rather than the camera. The USB connection on the camera is really only meant to use for tethered shooting to a computer. In the case of tethering, the data mode is set to External and the camera won't go to sleep.
I use a Lexar USB 3.0 dual card reader with both SD and CF slots. On my laptop with a 600x CF card, I get 90MB/s download into LR. Over USB 2.0, you'd only get 20-25MB/s. A card reader is the fastest and most reliable way to transfer images.
David Farkas
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Leica Store Miamiantonybphoto;3928 wrote: in fairness the resolution is there and amazing even on these lenses, however the sharpness due to camera shake is a little worrying. I will be testing from friday – sunday to see if it can be hand held. I know its not the best and tripod is better but I have to try based upon my requirements.
As I've spent more time shooting with the S System, I've gotten better at hand-holding at slower speeds. When I first shot with the S2, I felt that I needed a shutter speed equal to 3x the focal length (1/125th for a 35mm, 1/250th for a 70mm) to get sharp results. I've been able to now use 2x focal length very reliably and even 1x in a pinch.
In Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, I was able to get sharp images as slow as 1/25th hand-held with the 35mm S.
David Farkas
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Leica Store MiamiRVB;3905 wrote: With the Leica S you are getting amazing glass and the sensor has room for much higher megapixel's,an S sensor using D800 size pixels will be around 70mp and the glass is up to the task of resolving this resolution…
If your interested I can send you a couple of files that I shot comparing a D8ooE to an S2. the nikon with a 24mm 1.4G and the S with a 30mm WA.. both taken 1 minutes apart on a gitzo tripod with arcs swiss cube,MLU and cable release etc..
I'd love to see these samples posted here on Red Dot Forum. You can actually upload the full size images via Manage Attachments and the site will automatically generate a 550px wide thumbnail. When clicked on, the full size attachment will open in a new tab/window.
David Farkas
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Leica Store Miamiantonybphoto;3895 wrote: Thanks for the input guys.
I guess the thing I keep reading is S is not MF it's just 35mm on steroids.
The S2 has a sensor size of 30x45mm, which is roughly 60% larger than a full frame 35 DSLR. For comparison of “real” MF, a Phase One IQ140 or Hasselblad H4D40 have a sensor size of 33x44mm. Here, the slight size difference is due to the difference in aspect ratio.
Given the small pixel size of the Nikon D800, an extremely high demand is placed on the lens. A lot of users are finding that even their “pro” Nikon lenses aren't quite up to the task of resolving to the sensor. Most of the lenses were designed with either film or 12MP in mind.
When Leica set out to design the S System, high-resolution digital performance was a top priority. The S lenses easily resolve to the sensor, even wide open. So, yes, you will see a noticeable improvement when using S lenses on the S2, especially at wider apertures. Also, at smaller apertures, the D800 will show diffraction earlier than the S2, given the smaller pixels. This will result in not being able to stop down as much for depth of field without sacrificing image sharpness.
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Leica Store MiamiHave you tried Quickview in Image Shuttle? The 2MP preview JPG is pushed over the wire before the DNG and displays in about 1-1.5 seconds.
This function works great to check composition, expression, lighting, etc.
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Leica Store MiamiMichael Zeleny;3878 wrote: Is it for sale?
Michael,
Sorry, this is my lens and not currently for sale. 😀
David Farkas
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Leica Store MiamiDoug;3879 wrote: And intriguingly (from the email): “Additionally, this latest update also optimises the shutter priority exposure mode (T) and includes an improved communication of white balance values from the camera to Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®.”
Something more specific would be interesting…
Doug,
We covered the details here:
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Leica Store MiamiAl,
I've never seen this actually happen in practice. You must have had a pretty low battery level. Good thing no harm was done.
David Farkas
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Leica Store Miamiarminw;3815 wrote: First I have to say I love the camera for its size and image quality. However, what's it like on a shoot when you have magazine people and art directors in your neck ? I am using the laters edition of Lightroom and Apple's Retina MacBook Pro with 16 GB of memory and the highest processor Apple offers plus 750 Solit state hard drive .
Shooting thethered is not what it should be like ! I usually use Hasselblad's phocus and its smooth, the adjustment settings are easy to use and the image comes in fast ready to be reviewed on the screen . With the Leica and Lightroom combo it's slow, the image needs to be rotated if shot in portrait , again slow and if you use it for half an hour or so it's so slow you have to restart the program . Come on that can't be it , can it ?
Another problem I have noticed is Moire ! It's really bad …. Of course Lightroom offers a moire brush to sort it out but still .
So Leica is great , but software wise I think they have to look into writing a better code to control the camera via Lightroom .Armin,
Were you shooting compressed DNG or uncompressed? This makes a big difference with transfer speed, and the compression is totally lossless. I think Leica did a disservice to even have the uncompressed option on there as most will think it offers better quality – it doesn't.
Also, LR tethering was MUCH faster before v4. Be it all the additional image processing algorithms and improvements or otherwise, LR4 is much, much slower than LR3. Even simple tasks like 1:1 zoom can be painfully slow. My hope is that this is addressed in the near future.
According to Leica, USB2 isn't the bottleneck, and I'm inclined to agree. If you bring up the folder where the images are being deposited, you can see them show up well before they are displayed in LR.
Another potential issue is OS X. When we first ran speed comparison tests between LR3.2/S2 tethering and C1/P45+, we saw a large disparity between Windows 7 and OS X. For our testing, we used the same i7 iMac and used Boot Camp to boot into Windows. So, the hardware was identical. I questioned Adobe about this and was told it was a limitation of memory handling in OS X that was to blame.
The other option, rather than going straight into LR, is to use Leica Image Shuttle software and preview the files in Bridge. One of the Leica S team members showed me this workflow at Photokina with the new S and it was very quick. And advantage of using Shuttle is that you can have it display a quick preview before the image is even fully transferred. The 2MP preview JPG that is rendered on the fly for display on the rear LCD is pushed over the wire first and shows up in a separate preview window about 1.5 seconds after capture. This is useful for checking composition, model expression, lighting, etc. with a quick glance. If you want to check focus, you'd then only have to wait another 4 or 5 seconds until the full image is rendered in LR (or Bridge).
I recently got a new laptop (a PC, not a Mac) and will run a quick tether test when I get a chance. Unfortunately, I don't have a rMBP to test against, just a 2010 dual i7 15″ MBP.
David Farkas
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