Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/05

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Subject: [Leica] Leica S2
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 02:38:54 -0400
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I have to say, with the current upheaval in the Nikon camp, now would be a
good time for a german dslr maker of top end pro cameras to come out with
one to 'match' the D3s: I'd buy one ;-)

Alastair


>>
>> The only big thing is the price tag & the incredible viewfinder size.
>> I was surprised at how small it was & lenses a bit heavier.
>> One must wonder if Leica would ever consider a smaller FF chip
>> & R mount. IMO, this would help recoup the engineering costs of the
>> S2.
>
> Hi Dennis,
> I'm afraid the R ship has sailed and sunk. :-(.
> When I handled the prototype S2 at Photokina 08 - I was told by Maike
> Harberts that she would be starting to work on the R10
> design as soon as the S2 design was finalized. But as we all know that
> did not happen and I don't know if
> Maike is even still with Leica.





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