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Subject: [Leica] Leica S2 interviews on YouTube
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Thu Sep 25 15:10:59 2008
References: <C5003DA5.1BC66%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>

Steve, thanks for posting these links. My internet has been crippled for a
week and only today can I start looking at a lot of stuff. 
The interview with the Leica staff is well put together. Smart I think to
emphasise that the entire design was in house and from scratch. It clears up
the relationships for me too regarding the sensor from Kodak , processor
from Fujitsu and the relationship with Phase One being for Capture One and
marketing. Also the sensor size for its performance, not merely the
megapixel number. Interesting to consider too the "reverse crop factor".
That's a different mindset. They mention a forthcoming 24mm which will be
19mm equivalent on 24x36!
As an aside my favourite part of the chat was when the interviewer noted the
strong construction and tongue in cheek, asked about the self defence
applications!
Christian Erhardt responded with a grin, "Well you know, it's a camera for
life. That's what we always believe in. Our cameras are pretty much
undestroyable"
Maybe there will be an accessory grenade launcher to save wear and tear on
the baseplate.

Delightful. 


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Steve Unsworth
Sent: Thursday, 25 September 2008 03:56
To: LUG Group
Subject: [Leica] Leica S2 interviews on YouTube

A couple of interviews with Leica staff etc...

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SyDAimzFnU>

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjZcobie1aw>

Thanks to Sean Reid on the LUF for the links.

Steve



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