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Marc:
Great to have you on board Red Dot Forum! Thrilled that we could find a combination of Leica gear that worked for you. I am looking forward to seeing some images from your M8/35 cron combo.
Enjoy!
Nick:
Great to have you as part of Red Dot! I will agree that my S2 presets have some added shadow contrast, this reflects both my preference for a bit of extra contrast and the reduction of the “blacks” slider in Lightroom to 2, which will inherently flatten out the image. Of course I provide these presets as a starting point not as a requirement, and I am always interested in hearing about how they can be modified and enhanced.
Feel free to share this preset, the forum allows you to upload Lightroom Template Files (.lrtemplate) for others to download. Use the “Manage Attachments” button and select the file you want to upload.
Andrew:
The Lightroom preset cannot be directly imported into Adobe Camera Raw, but the settings are identical, so it would be simple to create a Camera Raw preset using the same settings that are used in my Lightroom presets.
Mark, nice shot! It really is amazing what the S2 is capable of at ISO1250. I am also very pleased to see such nice results from the Pentax 400mm.
Camera has been sold!
I think other essential accessories for me include the Leica viewfinder magnifiers. My eyesight is far from perfect, even with glasses, so having a bit of extra magnification in the viewfinder has proven to be very helpful. Even with wider angle lenses, I might use the 1.4x and an external viewfinder. A very useful gadget I always keep in my camera bag.
Mark, thank you for the feedback. What I wanted to demonstrated was the objective ISO performance of the S2 with a proper exposure. The performance would be the same in low light, since exposure in this scenario is linear. Of course underexposure situations in order to squeeze some extra exposure out of the sensor would be a different situation altogether, and perhaps could be material for another article!
Pete, thanks for posting this. We have updated one of our S2 bodies with the new firmware and posted some screenshots and thoughts about this update here:
http://www.reddotforum.com/content.php/164-Leica-S2-Firmware-Update-Version-1.0.1.8-Now-Available
The silver 35 Cron ASPH is now back in stock!
This is a special advanced notice for Red Dot Forum members, as we haven't yet marked it in stock on our website.
Send me a PM if you're interested.
Stuart:
The split image focusing screen has been announced by Leica but has not yet started shipping. David and I had the chance to preview this focusing screen at Photo Plus Expo in New York last Fall, and needless to say it is very impressive. The focusing area is incredibly bright and will be especially useful for using non-Leica, manual focus only lenses on the S2. We have spoken with many individuals who are interested in this accessory, so you can be sure that when it begins to ship, we will update Red Dot Forum with the news.
In the mean time, David's Photokina show report from earlier this year has a few pictures of the split image screen (scroll down a bit in the article to check them out):
http://www.reddotforum.com/entry.php/8-Photokina-2010-Day-1-Leica-S-System
Mark I love this shot! Nice work.
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!
