Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/20

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Subject: [Leica] S2 Lenses MTF & Resolutions
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sat Dec 20 19:33:22 2008
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Steve , in my opinion, the purpose of the S2 is to offer a superb medium 
format LEICA system at the top of the quality tree for pros. The lens 
specifications are simply stunning. I very much look forward to seeing the 
first results as they come into service.  When you allow the extra volume in 
the lens designs you can achieve nirvana. Modern M designs are miracles for 
their constrained sizes. These are a step higher. It bodes very well for 
future R's and M's as the technology (especially the sensors) trickles down 
too.

Cheers
Santa monica Hoppy
l---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 8:43 AM
Subject: [Leica] S2 Lenses MTF & Resolutions


> The main purpose of the S2, as far as I am concerned, is to make the  M8 
> seem "priced right"...
>
> but I am as guilty as many here, so I will say it as a New Years' 
> Resolution...
>
>
> I will chase the ideal image rather than the ideal camera...
>
> and I'll remember that the two may at best, have a vague or intangible 
> association...
>
> or none at all...
>
>
> Steve
>
> On Dec 20, 2008, at 3:20 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>
>> The S2 will make our discussions on the M8 pricing seems so quaint :-)
>>
>> ... but you can kiss your measly 12-25 megapixel "full-frame" sensors
>> goodbye. The S2 will eat them for breakfast, unless you are shooting 
>> sports.
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Mark Rabiner  <mark@rabinergroup.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I is that the 5 digits photo society?
>>> As in those are the people on the list who can afford gear costing  10s 
>>> of
>>> thousands of dollars? Or can save that much by the end of next  summer 
>>> or
>>> when ever it is its supposed to be released?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
>> // b: http://richardfman.wordpress.com
>>
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Replies: Reply from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] S2 Lenses MTF & Resolutions)
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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] S2 Lenses MTF diagrams)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] S2 Lenses MTF diagrams)
Message from richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] S2 Lenses MTF diagrams)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] S2 Lenses MTF & Resolutions)