Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The S2 is "Leica format" 2 over 3. The Pentax is 3 over 4. That's video format. And medium format digital format. Gives you a chunkier image. Less sweep. More geek. Certainly a more efficient way to fill an image circle. But not a format I'd want to bring home and meet Mom. Basically the S2 is a camera which makes images which made the top Canon and Nikon DSLR's look like Mickey Mouse. The S2 has the look and feel of those cameras. Plus the look and feel of tens of thousands of hand made in Germany design and craftsmanship. The reason why it makes images so much better than Canon Nikon is better glass. But mainly its more real estate. Its a medium format digital squeezed into a 35mm DSLR package. That's its brilliance. As the sensors get better the use of the camera will expand to more street photography as you'll get higher ISO's. But at this point medium format sensors have a uniformity to them. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:13:21 +1000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 vs. 645D sensor > > Huh? > > The S2 sensor is 30x45mm and 37.5mp > The Pentax 645D sensor is 33x44mm and 40mp > Same pixel pitch I think FWIW > Maybe the extra 3mm are sawed off and the bits glued on to make up the > width ;-) > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 16 March 2012 07:52, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > >> Someone wrote a review of the S2 and claims that it and the Pentax 645D >> share the same sensor. Being smarter than I was when I made similar >> comment >> here, I mentioned that the sensors are different dimensions and I asked >> are >> there real evidence that they are the same sensor or at least share the >> same technology. Here's the reply: >> >> *** >> Kodak removed the specs of the sensor when the S2 was released so >> customers >> could not get the information, but supposedly the sensors in the two >> cameras are from the same generation and share the same technology. It is >> definitely a Kodak sensor--KAF 37500. >> >> http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Image_...hotography.htm< >> http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Image_Sensor_Solutions/KODAK_CCD_Image_Sensors_ >> Power_New_Cameras_for_Professional_Photography.htm >>> >> &&&& >> >> Does anyone know if the S2 has microlens ala M9 or is that deemed not >> necessary? >> >> Thread here: >> >> http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/medium-format-systems-digital-backs/35511-multi >> -part-leica-s2-review.html >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information