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New Lecia S2 SLR digital announced

37.1 million pixels at a bit more than a $1000 per pixel for the body only! First listings put it at a cool $45K.

WOW

Leica hasn't been a serious player for over 30 years and all their camera systems since autofocus came to power have been seriously sub-par. Let's not even talk about since digital took over...

For that much money, I'd much rather have a digital medium format. Heck, for only $18k you can get a new Hasselblad H3D-31 kit. (camera body, viewfinder, and 80mm lens) That has a 31 megapixel sensor and will have much better low light quality due to the larger photosites.

It's so sad, Leica really used to be a good brand. Now it's just overpriced and under-performing.

-Dan

Photodan Wrote:Leica hasn't been a serious player for over 30 years and all their camera systems since autofocus came to power have been seriously sub-par. Let's not even talk about since digital took over...

For that much money, I'd much rather have a digital medium format. Heck, for only $18k you can get a new Hasselblad H3D-31 kit. (camera body, viewfinder, and 80mm lens) That has a 31 megapixel sensor and will have much better low light quality due to the larger photosites.

It's so sad, Leica really used to be a good brand. Now it's just overpriced and under-performing.

-Dan

Yeah What he said

Quote:Photodan Wrote:overpriced and under-performing

Sounds like the dollar.