Radical new digital SLR camera system from Leica
Лейка новая — реальность, все подтверждается, но, судя по всему, что и некоторые вменяемые реплики поддерживают, игра идет на своеобразном и весьма неопределенном пространстве, где, если учесть и и ценовой фактор, не исключен и провал.
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Seriously, Leica is overrated. Its just a medium-format sensor crammed into a dSLR mody. Mamiya did this with the ZD dSLR a few years ago; cramming a Leaf Aptus 22 into a Mamiya dSLR body. This is basically using a Dalsa or Kodak CCD and putting it into a smaller body; essentially you won't be able to shoot anything over ISO400 without a ton of noise (ISO800 boosted).
It won't have the speed of flexibility of a 1Ds (or even 5D Mark II or Sony A900 for that matter), and it won't have the image quality of the 65MP Phase Ones or 60MP Hasselblad H3D in the studio (plus you have a huge selection of pro Zeiss/Hasselblad lenses to choose from).
The original S1 sold only 148 cameras total in world. Depending on the pricing I don't see why you would choose an S2 over a Hasselblad/Mamiya/PhaseOne/Leaf or a Canon 1Ds.
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"...the best professional photography system available..." (paraphrased from the interview)
I guess for pure image quality alone, this will probably be the ticket.... however, i do wonder if it's in an awkward position.... People who want fast and small but with good quality will pick the D3 or 1Ds3... those who want extreme resolution and image quality would probably just pick the H3D-II and a P45 back or something similar (considering the price).
I'm going to assume the MSRP for this thing will be astronomical, so i can't imagine that anyone would actually find a place for this in their bag, even in the mid-upper end of the professional market (much less advanced hobbyists of any kind). I'm sure some will, but will that number actually be large enough to make this whole venture of their's sustainable? Will the quality actually be worth the price it will sell for?
The danger for leica is if it fails to exceed the quality of other MF systems, and fails to exceed the speed of the 1D/D3 systems, it won't sell. There just arn't enough die hard leica fans out there with money to burn.
Time will tell I suppose...
http://forum.znyata.com/viewtopic.php?p=44065#44065
В целом же, конечно, любопытен сам прецедент, эта новая концепция.
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