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Subject: [Leica] News? the new X-pan by Leica
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 10:50:42 +0100
References: <AD0C637C-C75D-4F8D-93DA-7CF1E588A6EC@sfr.fr> <cfhw1q00307g8Sg01fhx9b> <3181EFF82A3E4DAE8907B47E18AF7733@OWNERPC>

I would imagine that the image circle of the lenses and mount probably are 
optimised for a sensor about the same size as the existing one :)
A panoramic sensor with the same diagonal would sneak the odd extra mm but  
designing and making a one off sensor would cost gazzilions and so my guess 
is that the -only- way they could sensibly make a panoramic S2 would be to 
mask off part of the sensor.
I agree, cropping to suit looks like a better option, though not one that 
allows press releases about specials for a famous photographer?

Frank D.


> On 5 Jun, 2015, at 17:25, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> I was excited to see this at first, until I read further. I loved my xpan, 
> it was exceptionally easy to use, with amazing lenses, rebranded fuji of 
> course, but we all know that they have a history of fine lenses. Then, I 
> became dissapointed when  learned from the story that they may have just 
> masked off a portion of the existing s2 sensor. Wow that?s groundbreaking. 
> I could just crop!
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Jim Nichols
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 10:41 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] News? the new X-pan by Leica
> 
> Interesting.  Thanks for the link.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 6/5/2015 10:28 AM, Philippe wrote:
>> May not be news to many here, sorry if it is not.
>> 
>> http://petapixel.com/2015/06/04/leica-crafted-a-one-of-a-kind-panoramic-s2-for-josef-koudelka/
>> 
>> Richard, save your pennies ;-)
>> 
>> Amities
>> Philippe
>> 
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