Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/29

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Subject: [Leica] S2 release dates and prices
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:54:54 +0200
References: <C6967B8F.520D2%mark@rabinergroup.com>

How do you do your math?

Hassy sensor: 1798.3 sq.mm
Leica sensor: 1350 sq.mm

That makes the Hassy sensor 33% larger than the Leica one. Or, the  
other way round, the Leica sensor is 25% smaller than the Hassy one.  
Either way, the difference is well more than 10%.


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On Jul 30, 2009, at 4:19 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> Well, that's a no brainer.
>> Why would anyone buy a Fuji, when they can buy a Leica for the same
>> monies!
>> S.d.
>>
> Format
> For people thinking wrongly the Fuji Hassy would be much bigger as  
> it looks
> like cube medium format camera. While the S2 does not look like a  
> Pentax 67.
>
> I thought spread would be wide.
> Its narrow.
>
> S2
> 30x45mm sensor  37.5 megapixel CCD
> Vs
> H3DII-39,
> 36.7 x 49.0 mm, 39 Megapixel CCD
>
>
> And the winner goes to Leica for a much more handy camera with a  
> sensor
> which is like %10 less small which is insubstantial. Ditto  
> Megapixels which
> is much less important to me anyway.
>
> I'm guessing the S2 image quality will be better than then at least  
> this
> particular Hassy H. and maybe some other bigger ones as well in  
> terms of
> Megapixels and actual sensor size.
>
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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