When Leica presented 37.5-megapixel camera last year every photographer's heart started to beat like crazy. S2 is finally here being very expensive but worth every cent.
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Leica company announced that spectacular S2 model will be available in the United Kingdom as of October and set the price range around 30,000 dollars, depending on model, and you should keep in mind that’s the price only for the body. Thus, from 3,000 to 5,100 dollars should be added to the body price. However, the experience is unforgettable.
Leica S2 is fantastic camera from Germany redefines the professional DSLR class with a custom 37.5-megapixel, 30 x 45 mm sensor built into a 35mm-sized body. The company calls S model "the flagship" and with a good reason. S2 has a custom 37.5-megapixel, 30 x 45 mm sensor that is 56 percent larger than full frame, and in the Leica tradition, it utilizes the classic 3:2 aspect ratio that corresponds to the human field of vision and is widely known as the "Leica Format."
In designing this brilliant new camera, German engineers took a close look at the best existing DSLR designs and then created a radical but practical new camera that combines the performance parameters of a medium-format digital camera with the ergonomics, form factor, and handling ease of a 35mm SLR. The result is the new Leica S2, a finely crafted professional tool developed based on input from some of the most renowned professional photographers in the world.
Leica S2 has a new dual shutter system with in-body focal-plane shutter for fast lenses, and in-lens leaf shutters for high flash sync speeds, an ultra-high-precision auto focusing system, a new series of lenses designed for the highest possible performance with the new sensor, and a Maestro image processing system that provides twice the speed of comparable medium-format backs, reduces power consumption, and provides in-camera JPEG capability. All of that has been incorporated into a camera that is smaller than a full-size professional 35mm SLR, and still has the unmistakable look and feel of a Leica. S2 has a robust styling which is a classic example of form following function. The company began with a cutting-edge, large-format CCD sensor and literally the camera around it. In this way Leica achieved a new level of performance without sacrificing size or convenience.
The new Leica is so good that company's executives compare it with the first Leica, the legendary model A from 1925. I don't like such marketing hype but in this case you can believe them. After having S2 in hand everything else will look, well..., cheap. ■