scott kirkpatrick Posted December 31, 2015 Share #81 Posted December 31, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Why get the remote with a wire when there is a smart phone app? Has anyone worked with both and can report? scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jobsian Posted December 31, 2015 Share #82 Posted December 31, 2015 Why get the remote with a wire when there is a smart phone app? Has anyone worked with both and can report? scott I used the app when taking family shots at Xmas (with me in them, of course), using the 2s timer function. Worked brilliantly. The ability to touch the iPhone screen for focus helps a ton, too. Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted December 31, 2015 Share #83 Posted December 31, 2015 Why get the remote with a wire when there is a smart phone app? I can't speak for anyone else but I much prefer a dedicated cable release with a proper physical button than a smartphone app touch screen button. With a conventional wired release you can just leave it hanging from the camera and when holding it you can operate the button by feel alone. With a smartphone app you have to look at the screen to press the button. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted January 5, 2016 Share #84 Posted January 5, 2016 I can't speak for anyone else but I much prefer a dedicated cable release with a proper physical button than a smartphone app touch screen button. With a conventional wired release you can just leave it hanging from the camera and when holding it you can operate the button by feel alone. With a smartphone app you have to look at the screen to press the button. I use both. The wired remote is what I use most of the time when doing table top and other technical work ... It's a one-press remote without the two-stage button, very responsive, etc, and means I'm not juggling two devices to get a job done. I have a little bit of velcro on the back to attach it to my tripod leg when I'm moving the set up around so it doesn't catch on stuff. The iOS app is very handy in other circumstances, and mostly in the field. It's a pleasure when shooting at odd, high, and low angles as it provides me an alternative, very flexible viewfinder—I don't have to carry a step stool around to work the camera—and also provides settings control as well as a remote shutter release. Having both remotes expands what I can do with the SL nicely, although I do feel that the $200 price tag for the wired remote is a bit over the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted January 6, 2016 Share #85 Posted January 6, 2016 Ref availability: Just seen one of the first secondhand SL cameras listed in UK at a well known specialist s/h dealer for £4390 … only 150 shutter actuations. Camera is reserved for one of their customers. Interesting because the actual shutter actuations are mentioned - so assume must be an easy way of ascertaining same? dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted January 6, 2016 Share #86 Posted January 6, 2016 Interesting because the actual shutter actuations are mentioned - so assume must be an easy way of ascertaining same? With such little use, I daresay the owner simply estimated the number of actuations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. van Asch Posted January 6, 2016 Share #87 Posted January 6, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm sorry for this question but where can I find the shutter actions on my new SL. Gerjan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted January 6, 2016 Share #88 Posted January 6, 2016 I'm sorry for this question but where can I find the shutter actions on my new SL. Gerjan My guess is that it will be in a hidden menu like the one that exists for the M9. I suspect that there is also a hidden service menu for M240 and variants plus the SL but the dealers are under threat of instant excommunication if they reveal it. I have been through all the data embedded in an SL image and unlike the M240, there is not even an encoded UID available. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. van Asch Posted January 6, 2016 Share #89 Posted January 6, 2016 Thanks Wilson, strange that it is not easy to find. Gerjan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted January 6, 2016 Share #90 Posted January 6, 2016 Ref availability: Just seen one of the first secondhand SL cameras listed in UK at a well known specialist s/h dealer for £4390 … only 150 shutter actuations. Unless this is some kind of internal or "demo" sale, somebody has taken an awful hit on such a new camera. With the 17% commission to knock off too, the original owner will have lost the thick end of 30% before the camera battery even needs recharging. And to think some claim you don't lose money when you buy a Leica. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted January 6, 2016 Share #91 Posted January 6, 2016 My guess is that it will be in a hidden menu like the one that exists for the M9. I suspect that there is also a hidden service menu for M240 and variants plus the SL but the dealers are under threat of instant excommunication if they reveal it. I have been through all the data embedded in an SL image and unlike the M240, there is not even an encoded UID available. Wilson there is in the exif of the dng's ..... eg: Raw Data Unique ID 07003934071C0BDF07F2C34B00000000 but it is even more impenetrable than on the M240 ..... where at least you could discern there was some sort of algorithm at work (it re-seeded a start point every time the camera was turned off and then incremented the image ID based on some formula or other) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted January 7, 2016 Share #92 Posted January 7, 2016 I'm sorry for this question but where can I find the shutter actions on my new SL. I don't know where in the camera the actuations count is recorded, or how to reach it without a Leica internal service handbook being available. However, I can estimate pretty accurately how many exposures my camera has made because I haven't deleted any from the two 64G cards I installed the day I bought it ... I just turned over the 1400 exposures mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted January 7, 2016 Share #93 Posted January 7, 2016 there is in the exif of the dng's ..... eg: Raw Data Unique ID 07003934071C0BDF07F2C34B00000000 but it is even more impenetrable than on the M240 ..... where at least you could discern there was some sort of algorithm at work (it re-seeded a start point every time the camera was turned off and then incremented the image ID based on some formula or other) Where did you find that number. I used the normal method which was to look at the Metadata in Bridge and found nothing. Is it somewhere in all the pages of data text, when you look at RAW image data in Photoshop? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visionhu Posted January 8, 2016 Share #94 Posted January 8, 2016 Back to availability, the Leica Store in Vienna still have 2 bodies in stock if you're interested – online order is available too. Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted January 8, 2016 Share #95 Posted January 8, 2016 Where did you find that number. I used the normal method which was to look at the Metadata in Bridge and found nothing. Is it somewhere in all the pages of data text, when you look at RAW image data in Photoshop? Exifextreme ....... there is a windows version as well ..... http://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Mac-OS/ExifExtreme.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted January 8, 2016 Share #96 Posted January 8, 2016 Exifextreme ....... there is a windows version as well ..... http://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Mac-OS/ExifExtreme.html Phil Harvey's EXIFtool (available for Windows, OS X, and Linux) does a fine job of extracting it as well. For example, extracting just that key-value pair from the L100617.DNG file in a Terminal window on OS X: $ exiftool -s -s -RawDataUniqueID L1000617.DNG RawDataUniqueID: 6902333107030CDF0772C04B00000000 You can obtain EXIFtool from http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmid Posted January 26, 2016 Share #97 Posted January 26, 2016 Just a follow up to my initial question regarding availability of the SL from B&H. I ordered my SL on December 2nd. I see that my order has been sent to the B&H warehouse and will ship out soon. So about six to seven week wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevelap Posted January 30, 2016 Share #98 Posted January 30, 2016 Leica Mayfair have ( had ....) ) one available today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vidio1111 Posted January 31, 2016 Share #99 Posted January 31, 2016 B&H has some in stock today - Jan 31. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillbeers15 Posted February 1, 2016 Share #100 Posted February 1, 2016 I was told that my Pre-ordered SL was ready for collection one week after I made my purchase from Leica store SG a week back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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