New Leica S2 ----> 37 Million Pixels!

[Gabriel M.A.]

^ Ba-dum-dum. <groan>

I found this very interesting as well:

"...that technology from the S2 would 'trickle down' to other yet-to-be-announced Leica digital cameras..."

I smell a funny.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

is anyone sure this is real?

I also had my doubts. From Leica's main site there's a link to this:

Leica S-System

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Looks awsome to me.
With $50,000 to spare and no family to care for, I'd buy it up with all lenses.

Seriously, I have no idea how pros will receive this. Seems a good niche to me, but what do I know?

Expect a flood of kitchen photos, bad hair day shots, brick walls, and the inevitable "my Nikon D3 can take better pictures" from those that don't have a portfolio to show.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

In conclusion I can only see this thing being bought and used by nature photographers and dentists, not the advertising and wedding photographers that Leica owner believes will buy it.

You're right; those photographers are already making do with either a Nikon D40 or a Canon Rebel XT.

 

[Kevin]

1) you can get CF and SD cards with wifi built into them
2) the s2 does have dual slots
3) ain't no one got radio wireless ttl...it's all based on IR pulses.
4) /fail

You choose one or the other format, CF or SD. It's an either/or thing, dummy.

As a prototype it looks fine and dandy but this doesn't completely fulfill the targeted professionals' requirements.

 

[peter_n]

Given the fact that Leica and electronics do not match and have never matched to be realistic, I would not want to bet on the S2. I wonder who this camera is aimed at. Probably snobs who like it because it has "Leica" on it. I can't imagine any professionals since they use either Nikon or Canon ff camera's that are cheaper, offer excellent quality, have more and cheaper lenses in the line-up, have probably a faster AF should you need it, or they use Hasselblad (or Leaf) digital systems. Sure, the same price or more expensive (at least the digital back) but more versatile, a bigger sensor, cheaper lenses (again).

Leica should have put their efforts in a good and affordable digital M. I am still hoping for a Nikon rangefinder...

Leica are not doing the electronics. The camera is being marketed to a specific pro photog segment. All this and more is explained/discussed on the S2 site Leica set up and in this and many other threads/forums.

 

[aizan]

looks like the r10 will be here in 2010:

http://dfarkas.blogspot.com/

 

[jaapv]

Interesting link:



http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/09/real-innovation.html

 

[jaapv]

looks like the r10 will be here in 2010:

http://dfarkas.blogspot.com/

I think Dave is being cautious. I would guess autumn 2009.

 

[Doug]

Ugly looking, but a very attractive idea.

 

[aizan]

fashion photogs will positively foam in the mouth for this camera. of course the brand is strong enough.

 

[semrich]

Interesting and I hope it bodes well for Leica financials, but I made a considered decision for the M system and glass both in digital and film so it holds absolutely no interest and also because I'm shooting more film and enjoying it.

 

[aizan]

the s2 doesn't use view camera lenses, or does it?

i don't think most commercial photographers have never owned a leica, or any other rangefinder for that matter.

saving money is certainly on everyone's mind. that's a huge point in favor of the s2.

 

[Kevin]

i would be INCREDIBLY shocked if the s2 only wrote to one card at a time. that would be contest to all dual card technology i have experienced.

http://www.s.leica-camera.com/
"The S2 has slots for both Compact-Flash and a SD card so that you can choose the system you prefer."

 

[POINT OF VIEW]

Does anybody know what this camera has to do with the M8 thread?

 

[Ray Nalley]

It means the M8 is history?

 

[xayraa33]

It means the M8 is history?

How can the M8 be history when it is the only DRF made, what ever our wishful thinking is that Nikon will make a competitor to it ?

 

[Ray Nalley]

It was a joke, Pit. Didn't see the smiley?

 

[johnastovall]

simply put, this is an R10 or digital r-series on steroids -- autofocus... leica is being bold and innovative compared with their past

Remember Leica invented autofocus and sold the patent to Minlota.

"...the 1970s, the company invented the auto-focus lens but sold the patent to Japanese rival Minolta, reasoning that its customers knew how to focus."

 

[Ray Nalley]

Since all of Leica's users are now old and half-blind, they've decided that they have now forgotten how to focus.