Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It appears to be Karl Lagerfeld's favorite new piece of jewelry. The Hasselblad H System.. I was just looking at some pictures of him doing a shoot in Mid Manhattan with them. mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:05:05 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: RE: [Leica] S2 Lenses MTF & Resolutions > > At 10:57 PM 12/20/2008, you wrote: >> My $0.02 >> >> I think that the market for the S2 is only one.... well heeled amateurs. >> And Leica is going after them.......... >> We have a bunch of pros on this list.... how many of you NEED to use the >> top >> rated Hasselblad or Sinar, or whatever cameras to produce images your >> customer base requires? Canon and Leica DMR or M8 and Nikon need not >> respond...... you are the "normal" quality...... > > We don't have many studio photographers on this list. Leica is not > normally thought of as a studio camera. All of the studio > photographers I know use medium format digital cameras - usually > Hasselblads. Advertising and architectural photographers also use > medium format. I think those are the ones that Leica is going after, > not well heeled amateurs at all. Anybody who spends that much for a > camera has to use it to make money. > > My $.02 ;-) > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > >