Leica S2 Digital SLR - See the Video Preview!
The Leica S2 DSLR is finally almost here and you can see it in its digital flesh so to speak in the video below by Adam Woolfitt of the British Journal of Photography. Mr Woolfitt gives a very good explanation of what the Leica S2 actually is "a 35mm SLR on steroids". He does a better job than the guys from Leica in fact who appear, in another video, to be talking in somebody's bathroom - not a very good advert for a camera worth £20,000 - let us hope the official launch is more impressive.The Leica S2 seems to be being described as a medium format camera by some people, which I find a bit odd as it is nowhere near as bulky as a Hasselblad and it is in fact portable enough to be carried up and down mountains wihout the need for a tripod. So to my mind it is the ideal SLR, now where did I put that £20,000 I had saved up?
The camera is very firmly aimed at professionals and wealthy amateurs, but in an interview with Amateur Photographer, Stephan Schulz of Leica hinted that the technology used in the Leica S2 would at some point be making its way into more affordable cameras for the great unwashed to play with.
If you are keen to see the picture quality provided by the Leica S2 go on over to DP Review because I have been asked not to reproduce them here !
The launch of the Leica S2 is still on schedule for December and Leica expect to have between 100 and 200 cameras available for the UK.
Adam Woolfitt Video Review of the Leica S2
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For a more detailed description of the Leica S2 click here - Leica S2 DSLR
