Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm like you Doug, but I do rather like my kidneys ;-) cheers from Ballarat Alastair Firkin www.afirkin.com On Sat Sep 12 7:00 , Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> sent: >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