[Leica] S2 on order

[afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin)]

Now the dust has settled, I've put in my order for the new S2 and a cuppla 
lenses. Can't see why not, by the time its developed and released I suspect 
30k of euros will not be worth too much ;-) The camera is obviously pretty 
primitive. No images of the back, no "handling" no examples, and as far as I 
can see no lenses on display. This puppy is further off than the DMR was 
when released and I waited tooooo long to get one of those. 

This should be a good move for Leica: its gutsy but a very good end of the 
market to position a small volume company: with small volume production of a 
small demand object. Going after the 4/3 market would have suited me, but 
was never going to really give them a niche. The DMR would have been a 
"killer" if it had come out in a timely manner. Nothing on the market would 
have really matched it and the same I suspect goes for the S2 BUT if there 
is a 2 or 3 year lag, all will be lost. H'blad are already using the 
promises of others to press home the fact that their cameras are "real 
ware", so lets hope the prototype is further down teh line than I suspect 
and the camera comes out of the crystal box at the show: I may be up for a 
new mortgage if its close ;-)

Cheers

Alastair