Katie:congr! for your question: I only air blow sensor very occasionally and leave minor dust to PP if I have to. about heat, that should not be the case, the only reason I can think of is its metal and leather body, once you hold it for a while, you feel its warmer than others.
A tip for you is use costumer profile to save lens code if your lens is not coded. that is faster than manually change each time changing lens.
Great works, everyone. I full enjoy them.
Peter, excellent work as always! beautiful!
Ryan, love your last set. My favourite is the 1st shot followed closely by the 2nd. Nice job!
Zhangyue, excellent set as well. Love the 1st and last shots. The 1st has such a beautiful tonality and great composition. The 2nd has a very strong composition with the frame divided into 3 horizontal sections broken by the human figure.
Katie, you asked previously about leather cases. I just received my JNK case for the M9 and I love it. It's the one without built in grip and tripod screw. It fits the M9 like a glove and preserves the simple shape of the camera. A bit pricey at 240$ but worth every cent.
Michael, #1 is just awesome. The leaves look normal size until I scrolled down and see your boy. Then it shows the size. #4 has great color to it, like the shot very much
Joakim, without seeing what lens was used my head was saying 24 Elmar...has that signature. One of the best landscape lenses I have ever used. #2 is my favorite
rsolti13, tried VSCO 04 after seeing some of the striking contrast and color in your pictures. Maybe I took the wrong approach because I used the VSCO presets to reprocess a few of the my pictures that I like the best, rather than just taking pictures that I has not PPed before. My conclusion was that M9 files are very easy to process with LR5 to get a slide film look and that VSCO 04 didn't add anything to the process, but actually (1) produced some colors with over the top saturation (usually yellows) that had to be then dealt with, and (2) offered so many choices of presets that using the sliders in LR5 was simpler and faster — sort of like Eggleston's dictum that he tries not to take more than one version of a shot because it's too difficult and time-conuming afterward to figure out which one to use. Am I missing something here in my approach to VSCO 04?
The picture below is an another example of nightshots I've been taking not using the external 21mm finder (a "no-finder shot"), holding the camera at chest height and pointed a bit upward. This is using the "Shoot at ISO 640 and Push in Post" technique, with the Exposure on the main subjects at the right pushed 4.15 stops, equivalent to ISO 11,776.
Elmarit-21 ASPH | ISO 640 pushed 4.15 stops on main subject | f/4.0 | 1/60 sec Bangkok
Mitch, not all files will work with VSCO 04. By far, this is the pickiest of all the VSCO offerings. The file has to be able to handle high contrast, high saturation. For the shooting I do around town, this works great. For night shooting, forget about it. You will lose far too much detail with the high contrast and deep blacks. As far as moving a slider or two and getting the same result - no way. The colors, saturation, vividness, deep contrast...all this would take far more work than just a slider or two. I will say though, the files that it hits right it does a great job. I took 3 random files and applied VSCO 04 to the three of them and did end up finding something for all three. When it hits right, it almost feels like the file has more dof just from the processing. I really like the vividness of these presets
Thanks guys
Peter, wow...superb series!!! I really love the layering of your mountain scapes and the PP'ing.
Lenticular, nice set!
Ryan, the love the tones with the M-M, and in particular #1
Michael, what a great set! My favourites are #1 and 3, as almost look surreal
Edward, the RX1R is lighter, but without a EVF and using the LV, the ergonomics of using low shutter speeds is not easy. I have found it much easier with the M9P with the shutter on silent. The M240 has virtually no vibration, and it is easier to hold at low shutter speeds.
Joakim, really nice shots!
Mitch, nice capture!
Ryan, excellent series! Love the before and after comparisons, and the bee in flight motion captured in the first shot
I have been offered 2 copies of second 21 SEM's, which I will try out this next week. I am not sure, as I prefer the 24 Lux for WA work. Any thoughts here??
Shots from last night M240 50 Lux ISO 3200 and f/1.4
rsolti13, thanks for taking the trouble of posting the before and after VSCO 04 comparisons. Do you find that you expose some shots differently with the presets in mind, or do you think it's worthwhile to do so, in which case, how would you adjust exposure. I find that getting a "slide look" in LR5 is easy, with the most important step being to pull the Black slider back into negative number territory after clicking "Automatic." But I agree with you, it would be very difficult to get the wonderful colors and contrast of the shot of your daughter,
Charles, good image quality on the M240 ISO 3200, but I still have reservations about the color rendition. Have you tried the VSCO 04 presets with M240 files?
Ryan - yes, thanks for the before and afters.
Charles - your wife(?) is so pretty... and those files look great to me!
Mitch - thanks for being so helpful!
Playing with the Elmar 9cm tonight -- we had 103 degrees, then a storm that knocked out the power! I managed to snap a few shots using some OCF (as shooting inside with this lens isn't easy). This one processed in VSCO 3 - gave it some polaroid feel.
Mitch and Katie, thank you
Mitch, I have the VSCO presets, but until I'm familiar with the new PP'ing with M240, I will keep with Lr5.2/PS6 for now
Katie, Marisa is my fiancee, an engineer also, from Brazil. I am certain she would appreciate the compliment! I love your low key shot, keeping the mystery within.
Shot this afternoon with the trial 21 SEM and M240 200 ISOO f/3.4 wide open.
Ryan - the SS on the first pic was 1/12 and the second was 1/30s. The benefits of shooting a Leica!
Charles - testing out the 21SEM!?! I knew it was just a matter of time....
Hi Charles thanks for the thoughts on the 28cron.. I'm actually wondering though, how you feel image wise, not so much ease of use. I feel that the images have something "special" to them with the M9, but with the M240 they lack that something special.. But it's odd, since that's the only lens I've felt that way about. I like everything else better on the M240.. Really like the 21 SEM shot, wish the 50APO didn't make me poor
I've decided while in Phuket that I can't live without the 50lux, but also really like the 50APO, so I'm probably going to be the guy that ends up with 50APO 50LUX 50NOCT and nothing else
Guys great images!
mikethevilla - I like the M9 + Canon 50 1.2 LTM shot,
Gary - Wish I had someone to hike with while taking photos!
rsolti13 - Cracked and bought the vsco pack. Thanks a lot for making me turn on my ethics
joakim - Fantastic shots, love your PP technique for this set of 24mm shots!!
zhangyue - Like everyone said, first B&W photo
Two quick edits from Phuket. Both with 50APO @ f/2
Charles, excellent shot of Marisa. Really liking what I'm seeing at 3200
Mitch, I have been overexposing by about 2/3 a stop to account for slide pack. Yes, dragging the black down does help with the dark look of slide film, but it doesn't do anything for the colors. And...even looking on my crappy work monitor, the look of the file enhanced with VSCO is totally different than my original file. Maybe I'm seeing things, but the dof looks different.
Katie, nice portrait. Good conversion
Gary, what great scenery you have up there. Wish there was something close by up here where I could take the family hiking. Looks fun
Mike, great set! The 35 Nokton portraits are excellent. They shot at 1.2? I am always amazed when using the lens at f/1.2 at how sharp it really is. My favorite though is the Canon 50 f/1.2 of the man. Love the bokeh in that. I know you typically used Canons in the past...is this a move to a new system or just for fun on the side?
Adam, composition/colors on #2 are awesome. Very nice
Joakim, fantastic set. Great location and light.
Ryan, thank you very much for the comparisons. They look quite nice.
Charles, lovely portrait of Marisa
Katie, stunning portrait, a classic.
Mikethevilla, wow! Very powerful images.
