Stuart Richardson Posted June 28, 2022 Share #21 Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) If it is the R Elpro, then no, it is not in production. But it seems strange that Leica did not offer it for the S 120 if it did work to their standards...they would not have to engineer anything, just produce it again. Unless it had a phased out kind of glass etc. But if it can bring the S 120 to 1 to 1 with good results, that is quite a useful tool to have. edit: ah, I see it is not the elpro, but an adapter to use the elpro. Sorry. Still, would be interested to get my hands on it and an elpro if it does the job well. Edited June 28, 2022 by Stuart Richardson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 28, 2022 Posted June 28, 2022 Hi Stuart Richardson, Take a look here What's up with the Leica SLR S-System?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
helged Posted June 28, 2022 Share #22 Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Stuart Richardson said: If it is the R Elpro, then no, it is not in production. But it seems strange that Leica did not offer it for the S 120 if it did work to their standards...they would not have to engineer anything, just produce it again. Unless it had a phased out kind of glass etc. But if it can bring the S 120 to 1 to 1 with good results, that is quite a useful tool to have. edit: ah, I see it is not the elpro, but an adapter to use the elpro. Sorry. Still, would be interested to get my hands on it and an elpro if it does the job well. ELPRO-R (for the 100mm macro-R) works fine on S120. Some vignetting at max magnification (based on memory; need to check). An example (somewhat cropped) Edited June 28, 2022 by helged 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrayson3 Posted June 28, 2022 Share #23 Posted June 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Stuart Richardson said: If it is the R Elpro, then no, it is not in production. But it seems strange that Leica did not offer it for the S 120 if it did work to their standards...they would not have to engineer anything, just produce it again. Unless it had a phased out kind of glass etc. But if it can bring the S 120 to 1 to 1 with good results, that is quite a useful tool to have. edit: ah, I see it is not the elpro, but an adapter to use the elpro. Sorry. Still, would be interested to get my hands on it and an elpro if it does the job well. Yes. I'd feel foolish getting the R Elpro on eBay and then having no way to use it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve.chang Posted June 28, 2022 Share #24 Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, mgrayson3 said: Does the 16545 work well enough with the S120 to make it effective? And "Out of Stock" sometimes means "Out of Production". Is this a current item? M You may send them an email to see how soon they can restock this, and ask them any question you have. It had been for sale (in-stock) for the past two years afaik. Josh from Leica Miami is very reachable via emails. He is always very helpful from my experiences. Best, Steve Edited June 28, 2022 by steve.chang 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrayson3 Posted June 29, 2022 Share #25 Posted June 29, 2022 14 hours ago, steve.chang said: You may send them an email to see how soon they can restock this, and ask them any question you have. It had been for sale (in-stock) for the past two years afaik. Josh from Leica Miami is very reachable via emails. He is always very helpful from my experiences. Best, Steve Steve, Josh did respond very quickly and informed me that the adapter is no longer obtainable and they will remove it from their site. Unfortunately, impulse purchasing on eBay is faster than email and I will soon be the embarrassed owner of an R Elpro 16545. Well, I'll either find the one or find someone who wants the other.😖 Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McMaster Posted June 29, 2022 Share #26 Posted June 29, 2022 It may work to some extent with a 60mm > 72mm step-up ring... john Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrayson3 Posted June 29, 2022 Share #27 Posted June 29, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 1 hour ago, John McMaster said: It may work to some extent with a 60mm > 72mm step-up ring... john I asked Josh and that's what he said it was. Unfortunately, 72 to 60 step-down rings don't seem to exist, so I ordered a 72-58 step-down and a 58-60 step-up. Total cost $10. I doubt the 58mm ring will cause vignetting. If it works, I'll get better brass rings. Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve.chang Posted June 29, 2022 Share #28 Posted June 29, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, mgrayson3 said: Steve, Josh did respond very quickly and informed me that the adapter is no longer obtainable and they will remove it from their site. Unfortunately, impulse purchasing on eBay is faster than email and I will soon be the embarrassed owner of an R Elpro 16545. Well, I'll either find the one or find someone who wants the other.😖 Matt Sorry to hear that Matt, and hopefully the step-down and step-up rings will work. Thanks for trying. I also have an S 120 and regretted not pulling the trigger to buy one of those when still available. Edited June 29, 2022 by steve.chang 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrayson3 Posted July 6, 2022 Share #29 Posted July 6, 2022 I'm happy to report that $10 in step-up step-down rings works wonderfully. Here's uncropped with the S3 with S120/2.5 at f/8 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! And at 100% Here's uncropped with the addition of the 16545 R 100/2.8 Elpro And 100% The sharpness is technique limited. I was doing this quick and dirty with a light tripod and a non-flat target. Matt 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! And at 100% Here's uncropped with the addition of the 16545 R 100/2.8 Elpro And 100% The sharpness is technique limited. I was doing this quick and dirty with a light tripod and a non-flat target. Matt ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/333871-whats-up-with-the-leica-slr-s-system/?do=findComment&comment=4466507'>More sharing options...
traveler11 Posted July 7, 2022 Share #30 Posted July 7, 2022 On 6/29/2022 at 10:56 AM, mgrayson3 said: I asked Josh and that's what he said it was. Unfortunately, 72 to 60 step-down rings don't seem to exist, so I ordered a 72-58 step-down and a 58-60 step-up. Total cost $10. I doubt the 58mm ring will cause vignetting. If it works, I'll get better brass rings. Matt Where did you get the rings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrayson3 Posted July 7, 2022 Share #31 Posted July 7, 2022 1 hour ago, traveler11 said: Where did you get the rings? B&H. They're very cheap "Sensei" rings. I was going to get good brass ones if it worked, but the aluminum ones may do. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveler11 Posted July 14, 2022 Share #32 Posted July 14, 2022 I got the neccessaries, because closer appealed to me greatly. I found that the DOF is nil, but I will persevere. This little leaflet is 1" top to bottom and is shot at f16 which I never do. Focusing is also difficult. Schefflera Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/333871-whats-up-with-the-leica-slr-s-system/?do=findComment&comment=4471087'>More sharing options...
mgrayson3 Posted July 14, 2022 Share #33 Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, traveler11 said: I got the neccessaries, because closer appealed to me greatly. I found that the DOF is nil, but I will persevere. This little leaflet is 1" top to bottom and is shot at f16 which I never do. Focusing is also difficult. Schefflera Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Yep, 1:1 macro has no DoF. I get under 1mm at f/8, so it takes a lot of stacking. Fortunately, computers are fast and memory is cheap. I added a relatively inexpensive NiSi macro focusing rail. Makes it much easier to stack. Capture, half turn, capture, half turn, ... repeat as necessary. Edited July 14, 2022 by mgrayson3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrayson3 Posted July 14, 2022 Share #34 Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) Here's a 10 shot stack at 1:1. The rusted bar is about a half inch wide with roughly square cross-section. It's part of a window guard. There are some flaws in the stacking - I don't know if they're software or bad shooting. I didn't spend any time trying to edit Photoshop's stack choice. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Bar visible on far left. Fierce guard cat Soup visible lower right 😆 Edited July 14, 2022 by mgrayson3 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Bar visible on far left. Fierce guard cat Soup visible lower right 😆 ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/333871-whats-up-with-the-leica-slr-s-system/?do=findComment&comment=4471156'>More sharing options...
rarino5 Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share #35 Posted July 25, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 5:37 PM, rarino5 said: In all the discussions about Leica bodies & system I rarely hear and even forget that Leica has a medium format SLR "S-System" in their current line up. Surprisingly the 1st "SLR S system", the " Leica S1 Pro" released in 1996 already had 26 megapixels. The latest model "Leica S3" released in 2018 has 64 megapixels and is priced from 16K to 20K+ USD for just the camera body alone. I won't even go into the S line up of lenses https://100001.onl/ https://1921681254.mx/. So what gives? Who uses these medium format high-res SLRs? Are they used for architecture work or other niche photo work? Just curious as to why you rarely hear or see any discussion on them. Are they as obscure as they are or did I just have my head in the sand too long? I got this,... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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