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You're right David, there probably should be some kind of message/warning that the focus limiter is on.
How about on the rear LCD in the camera quadrant something like this:
FL (Focus Limit) 3M
Rob, how does the Hassy do this?
+1
Very good idea, Rob. The focus hunt is my only complaint about this lens, though it's certainly not as bad as it sounds on some message boards around the net. I find that when focussing with AF it helps when I point the cross hairs at a contrasty point close to where I want actual focus and then activate AF again for the last bit.
I had never before thought about a way to do this in software, always having a physical focus limiter button in mind. I guess that since the camera knows through electronic communication with the lens at what distance the lens is set, this option is quite feasible.
Fingers crossed Leica can make this happen.
Marc, it sounds like you've already decided to stick with your S2-P.
I wanted to reply on saturday, but a few things came up that had to be dealt with first. For what it's worth, here's my take on your dilemma:
Buying the S now would set you back about 7 or 8 thousand. I'm estimating you'd get 8 to 10k for your S2-P if you sell privately. For that you get a brand new S with the extra bells and whistles. And your three year warranty is running out.
We don't know what the colors on the expected CMOS S will be like, but it's certainly not a given that the colors will be like the M colors you don't care for. Who knows? I suspect that if you'd like the files from the CMOS, you wouldn't mind having live view and higher ISO possibilities.
If you wait another year or so, you'd get maybe $ 5-7k for your camera. Add another ~ 15k for the new CMOS and you'd be good to go for a number of years, provided you'd like the files. If not, you could probably buy the S for about the same price as the offer that now stands.
So it boyles down to spending 7-8 k now and be done, or wait and see and later on spend the same as now for the S or twice that amount next year for the third generation S, which will probably have a few nice improvements. I'd stick to my S2-P and decide later, we might even see a new S in about a month in Berlin.
You know, I keep thinking Leica must have a very good reason why they come up with this generous $ 5.000 offer. Perhaps they're so convinced this new S is such an attractive camera, it will be hard for them to sell out the ‘old' S …
That's a good start! I like the website, nice and clean. The portaits are interesting, nice light. Best of luck with her new career!
Thanks David, you're right, of course. I looked at the test shots again and indeed it was the ambient light that got darker as the shutter time got faster.
Well, I got this flash last week and after doing some tests I can confirm that this flash works like charm on my S2.
The CS works in sync, up to 1/1000. Of course at that speed there's not much flash light left, but envirenmental portraits at ~ 2.5 meters shouldn't be a problem at 1/250 – 1/500
Like Josh mentioned, the amount of flash light is easily controlled with the exposure comp on the camera.
Exposure is quite good in A-mode on the flash, though the meter in the flash can be fooled, of course.
All in all I'm quite happy with the SF 24D. It weighs next to nothing and does not have a negative influence on the well balanced S body. It can give a nice little extra bit of light/punch when needed.
If you have any questions, let me know.
I'm considering this option. Maybe the SF24D would indeed make a nice lightweight fill flash on my S2. I wonder if this would work with higher shutter speeds and CS lenses?
Josh, did you try this set-up yet?
These are nice too 🙂
I like the way you chose to expose the last one. I find the withe balance in this picture well chosen also, nice highlights.
Kind regards,
PeterNice images, thanks for sharing.
The 30 mm is a lens I think I will skip, when I get my line up of S lenses together. I lust for the 24 mm and I think 30 mm would be too close, but these look great.
Oh, and best wishes to you and the red dot team!Yes, it really is a wonderful image. The motion blur makes all the subtle colors in the sky and seawater blend very nicely. The photo reminds me of the Dutch painters of the seventeenth century. And the seascape with these colors remind me of William Turner too. Well done!
Outstanding colors, mood and composition. Thanks for sharing!
Exactly, there seems to be a trend towards larger sensors in video/digital cinema:
… Panavision unveiled a prototype for a digital camera that will have a sensor equivalent to 70mm…
http://nofilmschool.com/2013/01/red-epic-dragon-arri-alexa-sony-f55-f65-panavision-70mm-camera/
The diagonal of ‘regular' 65 mm (52.5 x 23 mm) film stock is 56,8 mm
The diagonal of the 45 x 30 S sensor is 54,1 mmI guess if the blackmagic cam can take the heat, surely a body the size of an S could manage. Anyway, you're right, that's just one of many problems that would need to be solved.
Like I said, video would have to stand out and be top notch to be worth the trouble. If the S line could produce high quality video, that would make quite a few heads turn. Fingers crossed …
Rob, a CCD and a CMOS version may very well be a good idea. I've read somewhere that around the announcement of the S system Leica talked about bringing different S models. A high ISO CMOS reportage S camera should be interesting for documentary work, perhaps with a pancake 45 mm that Rolo was suggesting?
David Farkas;5796 wrote: I'd love to see a CMOS with live view and video capability, but currently there are no medium format sized CMOS sensors. Imagine the sensor performance of the M 240 with the resolution and lenses of the S…
Hi David, I wonder what kind of video you'd be thinking of?
If Leica can make it work really well, not just as an after thought because of the CMOS sensor, I'd welcome such a move, but I have my doubts. How would they implement live view? (I know, with MLU, but how well would this work?)
Would they use a good codec and a high bit rate? I don't think in 2014 (assuming a new S would appear at Photokina) ‘merely' HD would do, it would have to be 4K. Could a new image processor move all these data? Would there be AF for video, difficult with MLU … How would you focus? And what about sound? Etc, etc.
A lot of work would have to be done still, to make an S with video work. Again, not just as an extra gimmick, but as a feature that would attract the moving image crowd.The larger sensor would surely make interesting video images, though pulling focus would be quite hard to do … Thoughts?
