Comments on: Leica S2 – First Impression Review

By: lanceb

lanceb — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:40:33 +0000

I suspect the Nikon D800 has killed the Leica S2 stone cold dead. The Nikon offers the same resolution at a tenth of the price with existing lenses.

By: ATG

ATG — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:01:17 +0000

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By: Federico Presti

Federico Presti — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:33:27 +0000

mmm let’s see… a leica S2 or a new car….

a leica S2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:42:59 +0000

For those who are speculating:
I sold my Hasselblad H3DII-39 and lenses, added cash, and bought an S2-P with the 180mm and 70 mm lenses, which were the only two available. Went around the world on a business trip in March and shot along the way in rain, cold, heat, sun and wind. The camera is almost WATERPROOF; the images are superb, the manufacture, features, size and form are magnificent. I love my Canon EOS 1ds MK III but the S2-P is like a Maserati compared to a good solid US car.

The camera shoots beautifully untethered, with decent download speeds for large images, but I recommend very high speed CF and CDHC cards with high volume. I have shot 700+ images and will do much more.

Evan

By: Eeps

Eeps — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:05:54 +0000

Why use a Canon 1DS Mark IV or a Nikon 3DS when you could use a Canon 300D or a Nikon D70? The difference between a full frame from medium format is just as great (if not more) as full frame to crop sensors.

Sue I wouldn’t pay $20K for a camera, but then again, I wouldn’t pay $5K either. But there are a lot of people who do which is why they keep making them. Commercial photographers have different requirements from hobbyists or even other professional photographers. Where the most a photographer has to worry about is creating a magazine cover or poster, professional photographers have to create huge billboards. This is where you separate medium and large format cameras from 35mm.

The picture taken above would not make me want to rush out and buy this camera but put it up against one taken by a 1Ds and blown up to 50′x30′? Hah, still no, but I wouldn’t be buying a full frame either lol

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:21:27 +0000

I’ll take a couple Nikon D3s and still be able to afford a cruise or two.

By: sss

sss — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:41:11 +0000

I hav selected 2 cameras, fuji hs 10 or nikon p 100 in this which one is good for picture quality?xpectg faaaaaaaaaaaaaast reply

By: Jet

Jet — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:57:09 +0000

Now guys watch this: in 2 days (11th March 2010) will be released new Medium Format camera -645d – from Pentax (who was the MF-market leader back in the analog days) and that one will shake the whole MF market up. Amazing and quite compact camera body and great range of lenses, including the whole range of fantastic lenses from analog times. What a great news for professionals and enthusiasts!

By: LCS

LCS — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:21:14 +0000

Its not THAT expensive. its all relative
a hassy H4D-40 is 20K. body and back only.
a phase one is around 18K.
so 20K for a Leica S2 is just about right.

adding up lenses, lighting kits, studio space, make-up artists, etc. and the camera body is just another expense for running a studio business. this is not for rich hobbyists.

I’ve been lucky enough to do some tabletop products shots with with a phaseone backs and Leaf scannerbacks. and let me tell you. 35mm dslrs cant touch them. not even close. it makes a 1Ds file look like it came from a P&S. file quality makes a difference.

the retouchers can match colors faster. clean up an image better, and the output is second to none.

with the solid all-in-one design, I bet they are going for the fashion market first. lots of on-site shooting, a bit more compact than traditional MF camera systems.

By: megan v

megan v — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:07:37 +0000

I nearly crapped my pants when I saw the price. I new Leica was good but had never even looked at their prices before. Do photographers who are THAT professional read DPS?? If so then I had no idea I was in such good company!