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Salut Sébastien 😉
Nice 😀
And what about a 70 mm? :p 😀
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you may wait for a mirrorless camera from Leica later, but it is at this time pure speculation if and when this will be on the market.
There are also some bodies (Ricoh, Sony, Fuji etc) that will give you the flexibility to youse your M-lenses as well as the R-Lenses.
And, as i said, in some situations, especially for landscape-photography, it works well on a M. You just need more time and atention for focussing.
Yes, the Hasselblad sensor is bigger, I think the equivalent of the 210 lens should be something arround 150-170 mm or so for the S2.
can't wait to get my Hasselblad HC-Adapter ……. got the 150 HC allready and I'm looking for the 100 actually. (If someone needs a Hasselblad V adapter, I have one for sale).
I really like the new flexibility given with this new adapter, instead of waiting lightyears for new Leica-Lenses.
what a beautiful photographer 🙂
this said, I like the rendering and bokeh of the hasselblad lens better, also the tones look a bit warmer, but all this may depend on the focal length ….
Now that they have taken the sync speed to 1/1000th, I'm converting all my lenses to CS.
make sure you bought your lenses early enough to qualitfy for the upgrade, as for actual lenses this is not possible any more 😡 I sold my 70 for buying a new one, and will not update my 180 🙁
also, for us here in Europe the upgrades will be made only from the end of the year. At least this is what I was told.
to be honest, I think this is not a very good idea (unless you use mainly wide-angle lenses stoped down). Focussing will be poor (reading from the scale) or absent.
Also, most R-Lenses are somewhat bigger than M-Lenses, so it is not that compact.
I would probably opt for a new DSLR or a recent mirrorles-camera.
There is an adapter from Leica, though ……..
With the grip attached, the battery in the grip is drained first, not the other way around. This way, you can just change out the grip battery without having the remove the entire grip itself.
really??? Referring to the battery-indicator on the camera, it seams to be the other way round. Strange, but I will check again. This indicator is so small I cannot read it without glasses 🙂
I had no lock up either since then, so maybe it was something else.
Nevertheless, I have two other wishes for an eventual firmware-update:
1) Since the last firmware update, it appears that the lens goes back in the last position after shutting down the camera. What may look as a good idea first, brings some problems for me: I have manually to screw down the focus to put the lens cap on (with the 120 mm), and when I switch on the camera, the lens cap is blown away.
2) Zhis has nothing to do with the firmware-update, but I think the camera uses the camera-battery first (or more) when using the grip. This means that you have to remove the grip and the battery when charging battery. It would be usefull to use the battery in the grip first, as it is much more simple to change the batteery from the grip than from the body
do your S2 hang after the last firmware-update? I had this during a shooting but it was quickly resoved by removing the batteries (not so fast when the grip is used)
Some people don't want to spend all of their time in Photoshop to mimic the results of black and white film
To reduce the M-M to a camera that saves you just the time developping your b/w-pictures would be a real misunderstanding of this concept.
With the M-M you get (over a standard M9):
– Significant better ISO-performance (look at samples of ISO 2000 pictures). They say it's about 1,5 stops, but I from what I have seen so far I would say it's even more)
– Significant better resolution from processingWhat I have seen from 5000 Iso-shots is that you get a film-like grain (nota bene from fine grain film) that is very usable.
In my opinion the downside is that you need more carefull exposure and probably more careful postprocessing, and of course the loss of flexibility (sometimes you just want color!). So this is only for really serious b/w-photographers or for those who can afford a second camera.
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I don't think they spent a lot of money to implement this b/w sensor. The changes to the sensor itself is minimal (just replace the bayerpattern) and some programming and there you go. Probably they spent more on marketing than in the technical improvement. it is probably the last kick of the M9-line before comming out with a M10.
The other point is, that within a year or less we will see a M10, that will have, let's guess, somewhat 30 mpix and maybe a CMOS-sensor, and then you will have the best of two worlds and equal B/W-quality.
The difference is: You get your MM now 🙂
On the other hand, as said before, when you are a b/w photographer, I don't see any need to replace the MM soon. With it's high ISOs and high resolution there is just no need for replacement.
I second most of the wishes here, and I'm just courious to know why the CS-lenses took so long. I'm also interested to know why they changed their policy and do not allow the CS-upgrade for earlier lenses, as promised. You can also tell them, that if they don't rethink about this, I will buy Habla lenses instead (especially now with this adapter).
the MM is really an interesting product, and not that much more expensive than M9P, considering the software added (SE2).
The only point is, in my eyes, that once a M10 (with a higher resolution and maybe better ISO will arrive), the advantages of the MM will be somehow be smaller.
But for now, if you shoot BW in low light, actually there is nothing that comes close to a MM in such a small package.
Also I think the MM will be a vey long lasting investment, as I cannot imagine anyone bringing out such kind of equipment. I think this camera can stand 10 years or longer for an enthousiast BW-photographer
