ricardo_villagran

Hello,

 

First of all thanks for reading my thread. Well, yesterday evening I got my

recently acquire Leica D2. Everything was looking good, the camera cosmetically

is absolutely in like new condition. I put a fresh battery in it, and then start

to do some tests which I am attaching here.

 

The seller said the camera works in perfect order, but there is something really

bad happening here. Everything I shoot with an even light looks fine, but if

there is a bright light source looks with a terrible solarized effect.

 

I want to ask you if this is a common problem when the cameras need a new sensor

or if this is something else. I can go to all the ebay process and claim a

refund, or I can keep it and send it to Solms months and months to get repaired.

 

Any advice will be really appreciate!

 

Ricardo Villagran

 

here is the link to the example pictures:

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/digital-forum/42985-digilux-2-problem-need-urgent-advice.html

Hello guys, thanks for your comments...

 

Yes, the ad it was supposed to be feature in the current issue. The only thing that bothers me is since last Thursday I been trying to contact them via email with no response, and before that, Ginny, -which I guess is their sales representative- was in constant communication with me, and she was a very nice and helpful person to deal with.

 

I will call Henry tomorrow to see if he can help me, thank you very much and have a great night!

 

Ricardo

Hello,

 

The truth is I don't know anywhere else I can post my question, so I hope I can

find some assistance here...

 

Last month I pay an ad in the Exposure Section of BandW magazine, I send my

payment (credit card charged) and my featured picture. Then they send me my ad

for approval and that was it. Last week I ran to the bookstore, grab the

magazine, and for my surprise my ad was not there.

 

I sent 5 emails already to the sales cordinator with no response so I don't know

what to do... just let it go and forget about it? the ad cost more than 200dlls

:-( and I really wanted to be feature there!

 

 

Any suggestions will be appreciate!

 

 

Regards

Ricardo Villagran

After several tests I realized is not a matter of focusing, but an issue of depth of field, since I been using tripoid and only stepping down the aperture... at f5.6 the images look very sharp, at f2 there is no a single point of focus area... So I guess this lens is simply useless at f2-2.8... it is a shame since I was trying to use it for portraits!

 

 

Ricardo

Hello Eric, I been doing some further tests and the sharpness gets much better when closing down the lens, giving their best performance @ f5.6. I don't know if it is a matter of shallow depth @ f2, or simply the lens gets better when stepping it down...

 

Regards,

Ricardo

Hello,

 

 

Yesterday I got my 35mm Summicron R lens which I am trying to use with my L1.

Exposure is right-on but I have problems with focusing, even when I got the

focus confirmation green dot on the finder, some of the shots come out of focus

and some don't.

 

Any help would be very aappreciate here, I have great expectations in that lens!

 

 

 

Regards,

Ricardo

Thank you for your answers, I already got an email from Harry Fleenor and I will send the camera to his hop this week. Unfortunately its going to take almost 3 months the repair which seems a lot to me...

Hello,

 

I want to ask the forum about this since I haven't found any other similar post

around. My old Rolleicord IV felt the other day on hard floor, the shutter,

which prior to the accident gave me some problems of jamming at the middle of

the rolls, now it is completely jammed.I cannot move it at all.

 

So, first I want to ask if it is worthy to repair it considering the cost of a

complete shutter overhaul, and the low cost of the camera... and also, if it is,

i wonder where I can send it for repair.

 

Thank you for any advice here.

Ricardo Villagran

Hello,

 

I am looking for some technical assistance here. I have a problem with some of

my color files. (specially those with lots of green like some I took on the park)

 

When saving them for web, they look dull, flat and desaturated, no matter how

much I increase the saturation in the PSD file they still look the same. Any

ideas of how to make them look just as they are? I am going crazy because I have

this problem with some files not all so I am a little lost here. I assign their

profile to Srgb but anything happens...

 

Any help will be very appreciate!

Ricardo

Bob you are right, maybe the best I can do is to send the camera to Japan for cosmetic repair, unfortunately it has to be the same old sticker since the camera's serial number is right there. :-((.

Hello,

 

The only flaw in my like new Digilux 2 is the bottom sticker which is starting

to peel off from one corner. Is there any adecuate glue to place it back without

damaging the body? I am worry to messed it up using crazy glue or something like

that.

 

Thank you very much for any answer...

 

 

Ricardo Villagran

Hello,

 

After too much thought I finally went for a Nikon D80 as a replacement for my Epson RD1 and I cannot be

happier (thanks for the comments on my posts) Well, now I am shopping for a more portable camera, I do

have a Lumix FX01 which gives terrible images at anything above ISO 200 and basically no control at all...

I want to buy something better, with more options. So far I have limited my choice to the Leica D-Lux3 or

the Canon G7, I had on muy list the Ricoh but I find the fixed lens very limited of my taste.

 

Leaving other issues aside like viewfinders, etc, of these 2, which one would you think will deliver the best

output? are we talking about the same dynamic range? Does the RAW files of the D3 look better than the

G7 jpgs?

 

Any comments will be very appreciate!

Regards, Ricardo

Hello,

 

I been doing some research and I haven't found a battery holder for the E-500, do you know if this

actually exists? I have seen for the E-300, E-1, etc I wonder if any of those can fit. Thanks! Ricardo

After reading all the opinions seems to me like paying more than $600-700 for the D2 considering the options out there is absurd, even when are still selling strong for well more than 1000 bucks... Maybe I will get the Oly E-500 kit with 2 lenses brand new for $700.00 for when I need fast response and keep my RD1 just for the pleasure!

 

Thank you very much for your time!

Regards,

Ricardo

Hello,

 

I wonder if there is any Digilux 2 or Panasonic DMC L1 users around because I would like to ask them their

opinions about these cameras.

 

I have the chance to buy a basically new D2 for 1500USD. I know the D3 (basically the L1) is coming soon,

but that one will cost at least 1000 more and basically it is a new system rather than a real substitute for

the D2.

 

I have right now an Epson RD1 who gives me excellent results, sometimes I miss a fast zoom and motor

winder, but I don't want a Canon, Nikon etc... so I narrow my choices to the D2 or the D3... am I crazy for

buying a 2004 camera at that price? should I wait? is the D2 really that bad at iso 400? the L1 is

substancially better in terms of image quality?

 

Any comments will be really appreciate...

kind regards,

 

Ricardo

Hello,

 

I need a 545 4x5 Polaroid back for a Leonardo pinhole camera. Doing some research I found that there are

many used Polaroid backs for sale that says LAND film holder, who are far cheaper than those who do not

say the word LAND. I just wonder if there is any difference between them and if I can use regular 545

Polaroid film in these "Land" ones...

 

Thank you very much for any advice.

 

Ricardo Villagran

I bought this little camera because it features a High ISO 800-1600 sensitivity mode...

I cannot find it anywhere in the menu, does anyone knows what do I need to do in order to access it? I

been trying to shot in low light situations and the camera only gives me ISO 400...

 

Thanks for any help!

 

Ricardo Villagran

Actually a friend who lives in Texas called and called and called the Panasonic people with no

answer, all the time the phone was busy or nobody answer. I guess I will have to dump the

camera and get a Sony or any other brand with a real costumer service.

Hello,

 

I have a 2 months old Lumix that I hit with a door, the camera works fine but the screen

is all white with some dark spots... Is useless basically. I been trying to send an email

via the Panasonic website but never goes through, and they never answer their 1-800

phone.

 

Do you have any ideas is there somewhere else I can send the camera for repair?

 

Thank you very much for your help

Ricardo Villagran

Hello...!

 

I would like to ask if somebody has emulate the look of polaroid tranfer via Photoshop.. if so,

could you share the technique? Thank you very much!

 

Ricardo Villagran

Hello...!

 

I realized the many occasions I missed shots simply because I don't carry my D70

everywhere... I want a pocket digital to do the job, and I was thinking basically in the Fuji Z1

but I am not able to try one, so i wonder if anyone out there has the experience with it...

My second choice would be the new Nikon S3 ot the Lumix FX8.

 

Any comments will be very appreciate!

Thanks for your answers guys! Aaron, beautiful shot! there is no wide-angle distortion, did

you use photoshop to correct it? Edward, I agree with you. If I want to get the Xpan effect I

have to stitch... Oh! and sorry, I was thinking in the Sigma 15mm DIAGONAL fisheye when

I wrote "Rectilinear" Sorry for that.

 

Regards, Ricardo.

Hello!

 

Finally after months of research finally I got me a new D70 with the kit lens and I am very

happy with it. Now I want to ask you guys if there is a way I can get panoramic effects

-Xpan style- with my camera, other than stitching frames... I don't know if a rectilinear

fisheye lens can do the job...

 

Thank you very much for any comments!

 

 

Ricardo

Hello friends!

 

I been using an Artixscan 120 to scan several negatives, all of a sudden my Imac G5 do

not recognize the scanner, and when I open the SF Launcher, the computer says that it

cannot find it!

 

I am using firewire, trying a couple of different cables but with no success. Any idea of

what can I do to solve the problem?

 

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Ricardo Villagran

Maybe is a dumb question, but I cannot find an answer to this...

 

 

I read at DPreview.com:

 

"Sensors of digital compact cameras are substantially smaller than those of digital SLRs

with a similar pixel count. As a consequence, the pixel size is substantially smaller, which

is a key reason for the image quality difference, especially in terms of noise and dynamic

range.."

 

My question is, If there are different pixel sizes, why when open in Photoshop an 8MP

image coming from a Olympus 8080 with its 2/3's sensor, and one from an Oly Evolt with

a 8MP 4/3's sensor, they both have the same print dimensions? I mean, pixels have to fill a

physical space at the moment of printing, so if pixels are from different sizes, don't they

come up with different print sizes too? what is the answer?

 

 

Thanks in advance for any comment!

 

 

Ricardo V