Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair- I agree with your take on the Leica line- also - would like to see the R10 so I could use my 14 lenses at full frame. Best from sunny Southern Calif. Stasys On Sep 23, 2009, at 10:57 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote: > G'day all, > Adeal the local leica dealer ran an information release night this > week to which > I was invited. Sadly there were no representatives from Germany, but > they had S2, > M9's and a "dummy" x1 to play with. My impressions: The M9 is the M8.2 > really, > but with "hidden" gems: larger sensor improved noise etc. It was not > really the > place to do testing, but it was nice to find the camera handles as you > would > expect. Its quieter than my M8, but probably not quite as quiet as the > classic M. > Still the wind on options and the lens coding options are really nice: > Leica have > listened and tried to make the M their flagship: it will sell. > > The S2 could be a wonderful camera. Here in Australia, its going to be > about 20% > dearer than any where else (M9 is only 10%) and this alone may stiffle > its > progress. In your hand it is heavy, but not too large. Felt no > different really > to handling the R9DMR combo, but the lens is clearly "larger". Only > the 70mm was > on offering. It works well with the camera. The camera focuses very > quickly even > in very low light and using it was very intuitive. But it probably not > for me. > There will be no R adaptor, and the very limited range of lenes will > inhibit its > uptake. Leica need to get them into circulation quickly and the camera > really > should be on the shelves a year after photokina. > > Nice to catch up with like minded folk, pleasant evening, no > surprises. X1 look > cute and "handy" but i'm not sure of its target audience. It was > non-functional > so I did not linger with it. > > Like a lot of people there, I kept hoping for some hope for the R, but > logically > it would be hard for Leica to compete, so its probably dead. > > What I "probably" learnt was: keep the DMR, keep using the R lenses > when you need > and SLR, buy the M9 when you can, and consider the new 39CFE back for > your 'blad: > the S2 is too far off, too big a risk and too much money. > > cheers from Ballarat > > Alastair Firkin > www.afirkin.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >