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Some impressive Leica S2 images - 09-18-2009, 05:26 PM

David Farkas on his blog is covering the S2 which he had studio time with in Germany. The 100% crop is worth looking at.

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Full frame of shot.

100% crop in this one pixel on the screen is 1 pixel in the image

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09-18-2009, 07:38 PM

Amazing. Reichmann's shows the same stunning detail. It will be interesting to see how the S2 does, and if sales are slow until the lenses with the leaf shutters become available.

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I think they might be onto something.

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did i read that price correctly?

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did i read that price correctly?
Was it $22K+ or $27K+ with the service pack?

Comperable to a lot of MF systems.

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did i read that price correctly?
Same price range as Hasselblad H system... MF digital costs to play...

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Same price range as Hasselblad H system... MF digital costs to play...
You can get more sensor for you money from Hassy or Phase One. The real appeal of the S2 system is the lenses and the smaller former factor of the body (although I think the size is being somewhat overplayed, because the lenses are actually bigger than some of the Hassy/Mamiya/etc lenses).

I wonder how much of a dent they'll make in the MF market with this. They're going to have to beef up their dealer network and get into the rental houses to really make inroads with commercial and fashion photographers IMHO.

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Having to buy into a new lens system sucks. S2 is a closed system whereas Phase One is modular and crossplatform.

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Having to buy into a new lens system sucks. S2 is a closed system whereas Phase One is modular and crossplatform.
Hasselblad is also a closed system now.

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It's a nice image, but to be honest with you, so are the ones I've shot with my H2 Hassy and a rented P25+ Phase One. $20K+ is still a bit steep IMHO...

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09-19-2009, 05:33 PM

Just out of curiosity... is there anyone on this forum who's actually serious enough to invest in the S2 system.... seriously ?

I can understand people (with deep deep pockets) actually forking out $6995 for the M9... especially those that already have the M8... but close to $40K+ for the S2 system... how does one recover this investment ... especially when the Phase / Hassy or other MF systems can do the job.
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