Member Roger

Marc

You are right…..let me start again(I screwed up my example). Lets assume that a new S3 base model is $25K . (there is plenty of margin in that number for Leica ). What would be a fair price for a used S2 sold by a dealer with a one year factory warranty . Say $14 to 15K ….so the dealer could pay you $11.5 to 12K or 50% of what…[Read more]

Let me say up front Leica will not be offering a trade in program. Back when Leica provided better margins to the dealers ..it was the dealers that often supported the used prices. I had a dealer that called me as he was filling out his order to Leica …always got a very good trade in value . This dealer inturn always had great used gear…[Read more]

Unfortunately Leica s product decisions are being driven as much by “what can we deliver” than by customer requirements /desires . In the short term (before the new plant) Leica is capacity constrained especially on lenses . This will not change until at least this time next year .

We debated at some length whether Leica would int…[Read more]

Highly recommend this story ..it is both heart felt and well told . I met david burnett in Florida and he is a special person. I was an Army Intelligence group at the time of this photo and was due to be called up . We were next but the war ended before we were needed . I can remember the photograph from its first publishing and it was heavily…[Read more]

It hard to generalize without some assumptions . If the scene has a fairly smooth distribution of tones ..without “hot” highlights or deep shadows ….then I favor getting it properly exposed in the camera . At higher ISO s you lose DR and may not be able to pull back even -1EV without creating too much noise in the shadows . The normal rec…[Read more]

Last summer I took the S2 to the US Open Tennis. It is a wonderful event and place to fully understand your equipments strengths and weaknesses . I shot about 50% action and 50% the event/crowd(like street).

I found it frustrating to use AF in a tradition manner and went to a combination of manual and AF . I would pick the probably…[Read more]

Great link and evaluation …thanks for sharing .

David

Thanks this makes perfect sense .

Mark ..still laughing about photographing fire flies

Pete

What a great photograph ! Could you tell us how you sized it for the web and what approach you used for downsizing and output sharpening .

The stitched file with 6 files must be huge . Yet you preserved the sharpness .

Must be amazing as a print .

David

I am a bit confused about the bulb settings. When I take a long exposure I generally am trying to keep my ISO at 160 or 320 to maintain maximum DR and color saturation . Your example implies that setting on B and using ISO 160 limits exposure to16 sec ? And that to get to 125 I would have to increase ISO .

Dan

First the 90/2.8 EM is an excellent lens that I use frequently. The M version of the lens (latest ) has the pull out shade and uses a 46mm filter . The used price can vary considerably based on the age and condition of the specific lens. A mint 6 bit coded lens in the silver box will be considered the current model and will sell for…[Read more]

Atanabe;1508 wrote: Allyouneed,
Great cover layout!

Thanks,
Al

OK Al own up you have two forum ID s ! LOL ….Seriously it neat to see your image as a cover ..I hope you send this to LFI.

The life guard stations are a must have image of south beach ..everybody takes the shot but each time its a gem.

Roger

Nice shots Al. You just can t miss at South Beach 😎 But you never know what you will find.

So let me understand ..you over slept, missed the life guard station at dawn but covered with a few shots of a pretty girl . LOL

Keep in mind that to use the approach that Marc uses ..you will need a skill level of 12 on a scale of ten . Using three systems provides real precision in picking the best equipment for each situation …but it also requires that you know your stuff. You can see he does but that takes years of experience and great familiarity with your…[Read more]

Doug you are right the ex officio line changes frequently . I have one vest that is mesh over 80% of the vest ..so over a tee shirt its nothing . The other is like one of their nylon fishing shirts material but looks similar to the Domke . These two look like fishing or travel vests . The advantage is they are light weight nylon fabric where…[Read more]

I have used quite a number of vests. I shoot with 2 m9 s mostly street and travel in cities. My favorites are the ex officio brand. The vests are light nylon fabric and have both small and large pockets. I have a very light version that i wear over a tee shirt in florida and a more complete version for carrying more.

The Filson travel…[Read more]

david

I think its worse than an allocation of resources…because Leica will probably not make the accessories . They sure don t make the screen .

I would give them credit for addressing the most significant issue with the camera at release ..the integration of the Adobe software with the in camera raw files . The current files…[Read more]

woodyspedden;915 wrote: Plus, they could have said that because of the backlogs for both S2 and M lenses that they simply did not have the resources to work on lower priority items such as the L Finder.

Saying that the solution is to buy another system that has this accessory is a new high of arrogance, even for Leica. Germans are often…

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Thanks for all the insights and testing. I ended up with a Gitzo 3541L and i think thats the right size for the S2 . The RRS BH55 and the lever release and the RRS L bracket. Nothing original. Could not get the RRS 34 L in time for my trip.

Funny though I was shooting at Maroon Bells in Aspen. The most photographed location in Colorado.…[Read more]

Very nice work . I can see the color shifting each day it gets better .