Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 26, 2009, at 7:47 AM, red735i at earthlink.net wrote: > I was/am in Austin where Precision Camera had a big camera fair. Leica was > there with an M7, a few lenses, and an s2 with a 70mm lens. > I was allowed to use the camera but not take away any images. The FW is > not final and leica did not want any open (and factory uncontrlolled) > comments until final release. > The camera is very quiet. Remarkably so. > Size is comparable to my son's d700 with 24-120 lens. > Weight seemed more than the d700, but not substantially more. > I was surprised at the diameter of the lens mount. I would estimate larger > than a Hassy mount. With lots of electronic contacts. > This was one of 2 cameras in the USA. > You cAn tell almost nothing about images on a small Lcd display so I will > say nothing about the most important issue: image performance. > The FW is not final and one item that I am sure will be addresses will be > the AF algorithm. The camera I used overshot focus. The damping constants > need tuning. an M7 and an S2? sounds like one's too old and one's too new... are planning to buy an S2? Steve > > Nothing more to add > > Frank > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information