[Leica] Wired Leica S

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I don't know Mark...some of his points are valid. I love Leica as much  
as anyone, but sometimes it is good to see things from a dispassionate  
viewpoint of a neutral observer. Hopefully he will be wrong and the S  
will be a huge success--if not, it and the M9 may well be the last  
camera models launched by Leica.

Nathan

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On Aug 19, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/leica-releases-s2-system-specs-world-
> snores/
>
> WIRED is a very reputable rag becoming iconic in a very short time  
> but here
> they are having a guy write up the new Leica S2 system who doesn't  
> have the
> beginning of an even clue.
> Marshall McLuhan would have gotten it.
> It ain't rocket science.
> WIRED should know that understanding laptops and understanding  
> modern camera
> gear is not quite the same exact set of talents.
>
> The Leica S2 system about to descend upon us any minute now as a  
> faster
> quality solution to high end medium format digital photography which  
> is
> dominated by cube cameras.
> Big waves are about to be made by a very small company in Solms  
> Germany.
> It really is more Leica like - much faster handling and compact;  
> there are
> always those who just feel 100 times more comfortable with a  
> standard SLR
> and cant quite get over the cubes.
> In the 90's they'd have a Pentax 6x7.
> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax67ii.shtml
>
> The Leica S2 system will provide a life support system for state of  
> the art
> Leica glass. AF and for sub medium format.
> Which should blow away Fuji for Hasselblad H and Mamiya Sekor glass  
> for
> Mamiya which nobody is putting in a time capsule and sending off to  
> Venus.
> And should show up the Schneider glass for Leaf AFi  6x6 AF;
> That will be an interesting evaluation.
> And other high end German glass options for semi workable technical  
> cameras.
> Linos. Rodenstock. Schneider again.
>
> It's a camera system which would be responsive for the most visible  
> quality
> magazine work;
> As in the covers of Vogue and top fashion magazines all over the  
> world. And
> consumer magazines. And catalog work.
>
> And landscape photography for multi millionaires on the go; in the  
> forest.
> Where no Range Rover would dare to go.
> But be mainly a rental more so then a thing somebody goes out and  
> buys with
> money.
>
> Is it just pros who rent specialized camera gear for certain  
> occasions?
> Do you stop off at the rental counter before heading off to the woods?
> Soon they'll have anti Bear spray at that counter at Calumet.
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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