[Leica] Leica s2 spec on dpreview

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> besides the price, the lcd is low res 46 as opposed to the 920, so low rez
> and the the max iso is 1250. i will make a guess based on m8 and kodak
> digital history from my previous digital back that this cam is no good past
> 400. it will be interesting to see the market reception. also it seems that
> all qualified dealers must have at least a full set in stock. for store and
> b&h and etc it is ok, but all local store who are a leica dealer will have 
> a
> tough time to come up with 40~50 for just one set even with payment due in
> 90
> 
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We're at day one with digital we're all learning it from scratch together.
For some reason when you go from pinky fingernail to 24x36 you get better
and better high ISO performance but when you start hitting the medium format
area something very strange happens and no one knows what it is.
So you can't use iso 400,000 with a medium format camrea.
You're lucky if they let you go above 400.
No know knows why. If they told you they'd have to kill you.

I'm not sure if we know yet if the S2 will have a high iso advantage.
Or just the opposite. A high ISO disadvantage like medium format. As its
just sub medium format.
Would be much better for other than high end catalog work if it did.

It would be great if because it is just sub medium format it would have this
iso advantage; that Hasselblad, Phase One or Mamiya does not.
It would them clobber them.
Like The Thing from Fantastic Four
It would be "Clobbering Time" for Leica.


Mark William Rabiner