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[relms]

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Helge, this is simply beautiful. Love it!

[anickpick]

yes, stunning!

[ChicagoMatthew]

On 7/28/2019 at 7:39 PM, ron777 said:

If you like it and it fulfills your needs, who cares what he or anybody else thinks? And BTW, his initial review spoke to the contrary.

OH really? I didn't see the first one. Ill check it out.

[ChicagoMatthew]

On 7/28/2019 at 7:44 PM, relms said:

They are entitled to their opinion, and that is all it is, an opinion.  They are huge fans of Sony, and I have a different opinion of Sony, but that doesn't mean my opinion is the gospel, and neither is theirs.

Did you actually see the video I am talking about? Or are you just saying people can have whatever opinion they wish? I am just asking because my post was intended to garner actual feedback from users agains a review piece... things based on use, not on specs.

[helged]

In red we love, part III ... S1R + 24-90, from the Skomvær Lighthouse, as far west as you possibly can get on the Lofoten islands, Northern Norway. You can only reach the lighthouse in calm weather (or weakly northernly winds), and I was more than lucky this summer. The outmost settled island is Røst, which is the conglomerate of low-laying islands (peak height of 11 m) located between the two major islands back and to the right of the image. The other islands have a few summer cabins, but no settlement.

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[ron777]

7 hours ago, ChicagoMatthew said:

OH really? I didn't see the first one. Ill check it out.

It wasn’t a video, but a brief article.

[helged]

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The midnight sun behind the island Mosken in the Loften islands, Northern Norway. S1R+SL24-90.

The word maelstrom originate from the (strong) tidal current between this island and 'mainland' Lofoten:

"The word maelstrom entered the English language via the fiction of the French novelist Jules Verne and the American short-story writer Edgar Allan Poe, who exaggerated the current of the channel into a great whirlpool; the word in English designates a large, fatal whirlpool, engulfing vessels and men, or a figurative application of the idea."

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Edited July 31, 2019 by helged

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Just beautiful!

[scott kirkpatrick]

Here's another picky question.  When I load up an M lens on my S1R using the Leica M to L adapter the lens is not recognized and I have to input the focal length (for image stabilization purposes).  Am I missing a control somewhere?

[caissa]

On 7/27/2019 at 8:31 AM, helged said:

30 mb raw is quite something... +1 for the (generally) excellent and (generally) small/light-weight T/CL-lenses. 

Sorry, but why 30 mb ? As far as I see it is only 20 mb (19.x megapixel, 5504x3664). Still usable though.   🔭

The new Sigma 45 mm is probably even more useful for this situation (and looks also a bit old-fashioned, like a mechanical lens). For me the humble Canon 1.8/50 STM is also fine (adapted). (47 MP but AF not always very precise, but better when used slightly dimmed down, f4).    Would be interesting to know how fast the AF in the 45mm is (compared to the fast 1.4 lenses, and the adapted Canon lenses).

Edited July 31, 2019 by caissa

[caissa]

To Michali

You mentioned range/distance limiters (on the lens) as useful to make AF faster. I also find that useful, but would actually even like better, if the distance limitation could be made in the camera. (Set a minimal and a maximal distance through the viewfinder, and not as defined by the lens).

I had this once on a camera, but cannot remember where it was. And would like to have it again (in the S1R). It improved AF reaction time quite a bit, even for moving targets and slow cameras. Should be simple to implement. Too bad no-one has it anymore. Or do you know of a camera with that feature ? 

On some Sigma lenses these settings can be customized (C1 or C2), but in the camera would be much more useful (quicker and easier).

Edited July 31, 2019 by caissa

[michali]

2 hours ago, caissa said:

To Michali

You mentioned range/distance limiters (on the lens) as useful to make AF faster. I also find that useful, but would actually even like better, if the distance limitation could be made in the camera. (Set a minimal and a maximal distance through the viewfinder, and not as defined by the lens).

I had this once on a camera, but cannot remember where it was. And would like to have it again (in the S1R). It improved AF reaction time quite a bit, even for moving targets and slow cameras. Should be simple to implement. Too bad no-one has it anymore. Or do you know of a camera with that feature ? 

On some Sigma lenses these settings can be customized (C1 or C2), but in the camera would be much more useful (quicker and easier).

 As I mentioned in another post in this thread, I've always been a manual focus shooter, I found that I had more control over things. Sure I missed many shots in the process, but not as frustrating as trying to lock onto focus with an AF lens that's hunting for focus 😡. 

I'm still getting used to this set up and still trying to find the best way to manage AF. My recent discovery is using the distance limiter to make the AF more efficient.

In line with what you're saying, I notice that on the latest S1R firmware upgrade there's a new feature that's been added:

• [AF-ON: Near Shift] and [AF-ON: Far Shift] functions have been added.
• [AF-ON: Near Shift] preferably focuses on a subject nearby while
• [AF-ON: Far Shift] preferably focuses on a subject far away.

I'm not sure how this works, I haven't had a chance to play around with it.

Best,

Mike

 

[michali]

Lumix S1R & LEICA VE SL 90-280mm

Steppe Buzzard at Zuka Game Reserve- these birds migrate from Russia to Southern Africa between September and April. I came across this one last weekend. It's very unusual to see them here in the middle of our winter.  I'm not sure if it stayed behind or arrived early.

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Edited July 31, 2019 by michali

[michali]

9 hours ago, scott kirkpatrick said:

Here's another picky question.  When I load up an M lens on my S1R using the Leica M to L adapter the lens is not recognized and I have to input the focal length (for image stabilization purposes).  Am I missing a control somewhere?

Scott- Apparently the only way it will recognise the lens, is if you first attach the lens to the adapter, then turn the camera on and then mount the adapter with lens to the camera. I've tried this with the Leica M-L adapter and it works.

However, a word of caution. Based on previous experience with my old Sony Alpha 700, I once mounted a lens with the camera turned on and it fried the mother board on the camera. The electrical contacts on the lens shorted out with the contacts on the camera mount. I wouldn't take this risk again.

Best,

Mike

Edited July 31, 2019 by michali

[tom.w.bn]

S1 + Super-Elmar-M 18mm. 25 sec. single exposure. Some not so nice light source effects in the upper right corner.

 

 

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[helged]

12 hours ago, caissa said:

Sorry, but why 30 mb ? As far as I see it is only 20 mb (19.x megapixel, 5504x3664). Still usable though.   🔭

I was responding to post #738 by @michali... Both 20 and 30 mb are, as you state, usable (I have no APS-C lenses left after I sold the CL; but I may add a TL-lens for the S1R /SL2, the latter late 2019/early 2020?). 

Edited August 1, 2019 by helged

[michali]

13 hours ago, caissa said:

Sorry, but why 30 mb ? As far as I see it is only 20 mb (19.x megapixel, 5504x3664). Still usable though.   🔭

The new Sigma 45 mm is probably even more useful for this situation (and looks also a bit old-fashioned, like a mechanical lens). For me the humble Canon 1.8/50 STM is also fine (adapted). (47 MP but AF not always very precise, but better when used slightly dimmed down, f4).    Would be interesting to know how fast the AF in the 45mm is (compared to the fast 1.4 lenses, and the adapted Canon lenses).

The RAW file produced by the camera with the 35mm Summilux TL is is 30.3MB as you can see from the info below.

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[mdemeyer]

14 hours ago, tom.w.bn said:

S1 + Super-Elmar-M 18mm. 25 sec. single exposure. Some not so nice light source effects in the upper right corner.

 

 

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Great shot.  

[mdemeyer]

5 hours ago, michali said:

The RAW file produced by the camera with the 35mm Summilux TL is is 30.3MB as you can see from the info below.

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That’s the file size, in megabytes.  The resolution is determined by the megapixels, based on the dimensions of the image.  

20 megapixels is correct. 

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[tom.w.bn]

I mainly use the Super Elmar 18 and Elmarit-M 24. While I like the results, working with long exposures is a bit uncomfortable. If you set the lens/camera to f11, iso100, 10sec. you won't see anything on the display or in the viewfinder for framing. So you have to open the aperture and adjust iso to get a preview that is suitable for framing. After that you have to set the working aperture and iso again. That might be too inconvenient for most people. For me it's ok, because the camera is on the tripod anyway and it's a slower process.