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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Canyon Library
From: john.nebel at csdco.com (John Nebel)
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 17:48:43 -0600
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George,

Yes, any camera requires quite a bit of thought, but one selects the 
things that are worth thinking about.  S2 makes the cut.

I appreciate looking into a big photo and seeing lots of detail, it's 
life. Howard's trolley picture comes to mind.

Until recently that was more in the large format realm.

The idea that a hand held camera can routinely do this is pretty 
intriguing. One wants to use it like an R, but it is much slower to work 
with, however, it doesn't require a Jeep load of equipment like a P2. 
With thought and practice one could achieve some pretty good flexibility 
with the S2.

I did notice that two pros who wrote an S2 review used a tripod, so I'm 
not going to feel too clumsy for being a slow learner.

It is not a cheap camera, but given its possibilities it is not an 
expensive camera.

John

Have you seen D. Medvedev's short presentation on photography?

http://en.rian.ru/video/20100211/157843279.html



George Lottermoser wrote:
> okay John,
> yet so were all the other Leicas.
> I assume you're having some fun with the question.
> Yet, I wonder if you find some of the daimons' design choices
> actually "?requires quite a bit of thought,"
> compared to other cameras.
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> On May 18, 2010, at 5:47 PM, John Nebel wrote:
> 
>> It was designed by camera daimons and one must think the way they do 
>> to use it properly.
> 
> 
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