Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 11, 2009, at 2:15 PM, mehrdad wrote: > that system costs joust about 70 for a camera and all the announced > lenses, > add the other three and u r looking close to 100k, they were saying > on cnn > over the weekend that kidneys cost 25 each that's one system for every two people, trust me I'm a doctor, :-) Steve > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at > earthlink.net > >wrote: > >> Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> Having just read The Luminous Landscape blubs on Leicas >>> take no prisoners attack on the entire photo industry >>> one thing stood out in my mind. >>> That the size of the S2 is smaller than the D3x and Canon 1Ds Mk3 >>> >>> The Leica S2 is a DSLR. >>> It just happens to be medium format and cost fortune. >>> And it just happens to blow the results obtained from the Nikon >>> and Canons >>> away. >>> >> >> Having seen the preliminary S2 photos and the ratio of its size to >> output >> quality and DSLR handling and the no-nonsense user interface and >> what I've >> heard about the production camera's responsiveness and manual-focus- >> ability >> I'm completely smitten with it and wish they'd hurry up and get >> that 350mm >> APO-Elmar-S on the market. Then I'll start selling kidneys on ebay. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------- > regards, mehrdad > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information