H to S Adaptor

[Andykcole]

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Hi all

I have just got the new H to S Adaptor for HC Lenses on S2 Body... using HC 300

first impression was a little disappointing regarding the frequent failure of the Lens recognition when first turning on which was repeated quite often.. I am in the process of eliminating the obvious possibilities such as Battery power and dirty contacts but so far to no avail.

I wonder if anyone else has a similar problem as it is again irritating to find a possible fault with another new Leica product.

I notice the Adaptor is made in Portugal... however when it does work it is fine and all functions seem to be as they should

I will post any development in due course

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[fjheimann]

Hi all

I have just got the new H to S Adaptor for HC Lenses on S2 Body... using HC 300

first impression was a little disappointing regarding the frequent failure of the Lens recognition when first turning on which was repeated quite often.. I am in the process of eliminating the obvious possibilities such as Battery power and dirty contacts but so far to no avail.

I wonder if anyone else has a similar problem as it is again irritating to find a possible fault with another new Leica product.

I notice the Adaptor is made in Portugal... however when it does work it is fine and all functions seem to be as they should

I will post any development in due course

 

Andykcole,

I am waiting for the adaptor and the 300 HC lens.

Hope it will work,

Franz

[Andykcole]

Hi Franz

sorry for the delay in posting..

I went to Leica Mayfair and had everything checked out where It was realised that the Adaptor was faulty and was exchanged with everything now working fine...

the 300mm combination is superb with focus quick and spot on even in dull light

there are no conflicts and I am very pleased that I have a working short telephoto with both FP and CS shutter facilities on the S2.

I would highly recommend this combination for Wildlife, however you will need support outside as the package is too heavy for handheld unless the lighting is bright with 1/1000 minimum at 4.5.. I take a Monopod with me on field trips and that works fine for 1/250 upwards

you will not be disappointed I am sure

[Andykcole]

Example image of H to S Adaptor and HC 300mm

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[atanabe]

Anyone know of availability in the US? I see that it is available in the UK at the Leica Mayfair store but no indication here in the US.

 

Thanks, Al

[proenca]

I notice the Adaptor is made in Portugal... however when it does work it is fine and all functions seem to be as they should

 

Just a side note : adaptor is made in Portugal , just like 99.% of the M8, M9 and Noctilux f0.95 ASPH. Also some runs of M film cameras are made here.

 

From the M9, the only thing that isnt made in Portugal, is the assembly of the top, bottom plates and sensor - all of these three things done in Germany ( assembly only ), so they can have the "Made in Germany" stamp on it, otherwise by EU rules it would have "Made in Portugal".

 

100% of the Noctilux is made in Portugal by the way

 

And for the record, the expertise of the Leica Portuguese factory in terms of craft its superior to Leica Germany - Leica themselves, in an article to Der Bild newspaper ( equivalent to the The Times ) acknowledged that - Leica Portugal opened up in 1976 and keeps running ever since - 50% of the workers there are the original factory workers... two ladies that polish and adjust the rangefinder systems work there in the same job since.. 1976

 

[stephan_w]

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Der Bild newspaper ( equivalent to the The Times

 

:eek:

 

I didn't expect the Times being so bad

[proenca]

 

I didn't expect the Times being so bad

 

 

LOL, Iran Iraq....

[marknorton]

Let's not kid ourselves. The reason Leica use Portugal as a manufacturing location is because labour there is less expensive compared to Germany. The same is true for Porsche in Bratislava, Panasonic in Hungary, Bosch in the Czech Republic.

[mwilliamsphotography]

I now have the H to S adapter ... finally : -)

 

I'm a H4D/60 shooter and sold my other MFD Hasselblad, a H4D/40, to get the S2. Now it has come full circle, and I can use all the H glass on the S2.

 

I've already shot with the HCD-28/4, HC-50/3.5-II, 100/2.2, 120/4, 150/3.2N and 210/4. Sorry, I sold my 35-90 and 300 so cannot report on them.

 

The HCD-28 is considerably wider than the S-35 I use. The HC-50II provides an approx. 35mm FOV in 35mm format terms, and fills the gap between the S-35 and 70; The HC-100/2.2 is now my fastest AF lens for the S2; the HC/120 Marco is 1:1 therefore focuses much closer than the 1:2 S-120 Macro.

 

Contrary to reports, the Hasselblad HTS/1.5 Tilt-Shift adapter does work, and it is NOT on the excluded list in the H to S adapter manual. While it does not transfer all the meta data to the file, the LR profiles work fine. I've not experienced any color shifts or any bad behavior with any of the supported HTS lenses (28 to 100mm, but no zooms). In fact, the 100/2.2 performs AF which it does not do on the H4D.

 

The example below was of three lenses staggered and stacked 14" front to back. 100/2.2 @ f/5.6 shot without tilt, then with 12º horizonal tilt. f/8 would have been better. Solves my DOF issues for table-top product work with the S2.

 

-Marc

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[proenca]

Let's not kid ourselves. The reason Leica use Portugal as a manufacturing location is because labour there is less expensive compared to Germany. The same is true for Porsche in Bratislava, Panasonic in Hungary, Bosch in the Czech Republic.

 

yes and no.

 

original reason to come : of course it was cheap labour.

 

reason to say : quality.

 

Leica products are handmade, glass is polished by humans, rangefinders are adjusted by couple of people and so on.

 

Porsche can produce cars in Bratislave as well in China - its 95% made by robots. Same thing as Bosch or Panasonic.

 

Not so with Leica - of course they could move away from Portugal, costs will be immense. You will have to retrain hundreds of people, some of them with decades of experience.

 

Have you visited Leica Portugal factory ? Cleary not. 90% of the things are handmade, polished by hand, screwed by hand, adjusted by hand.

 

Every single top of M camera , filmed or not, its polished by hand. Same thing as exotic glass : Noctilux 0.95 is polished then rechecked by computers then rechecked and so on.

 

It would be monunental the cost to retrain all this in a different location. And all that expertise would be lost.

[rsmphoto]

I now have the H to S adapter ... finally : -)

 

 

Contrary to reports, the Hasselblad HTS/1.5 Tilt-Shift adapter does work, and it is NOT on the excluded list in the H to S adapter manual. While it does not transfer all the meta data to the file, the LR profiles work fine. I've not experienced any color shifts or any bad behavior with any of the supported HTS lenses (28 to 100mm, but no zooms). In fact, the 100/2.2 performs AF which it does not do on the H4D.

 

 

-Marc

 

Marc,

This is GREAT news, being a heavy HTS user with an H3DII-39, 28, 35 and 50-110. Wanted an S2 as a second body, but the "no HTS" info held me back from buying. Many thanks.

 

Richard