Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 22, 2008, at 2:14 PM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > >>> the S2, the leica that (almost) no one can afford.... >> >> (and if they could, why would they anyway?) I guess I shouldn't have asked Doug... it's beautiful... I don't need 10 reasons why I should have one... It's not in the cards, so why waste my time... will it keep leica afloat, we'll see... will it make anyone a better photographer, I sincerely doubt it, Steve >> > > Steve, I'll gladly use the biggest camera I can carry. I was > looking into > 645 cameras for a while, and aside from handling and the cost, the > lenses > required for equivalent angle of view vs. long lenses for 35mm film > are > ginormous when they're available. The S2's sensor is half of 645, > almost > three times the size of the DMR sensor. > > By my calculations the pixel density of the S2 sensor is a bit > higher than > the DMR's pixel density, so allowing for improved technology in the > last > few years the image quality ought to be quite a bit better. At first > glance the S2 appears to do away with handling problems and the size > seems > less unmanageable; the "crop factor" would be 0.8 so my 560 would > have an > angle of view corresponding to a 450mm lens on a 35mm camera. Aside > from > the cost, this could work. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web LIVE ? Free email based on Microsoft? Exchange technology - > http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information