[Leica] M Monochrom? That's so August 2012

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

The S lens are expensive, but not much more than the M lens.

If they keep the S2 at $10K, or even have a flow of used S2 at that price,
it really would be quite a shakeup.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> A CMOS sensor for medium format I'm thinking is way out there. Out of the
> box. Will this reinvent medium format digital photography?
> As in will you be able to crank up the iso like you can with 24x36mm?
> Because if you can there will be people trading in their M system digital
> for the S. even after the M system goes CMOS.
> The cameras cost the same.
> Is the price of the glass really that much different?
> The functionality of the S might be overwhelming.
>
> - - from my iRabs.
> Mark Rabiner
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>
>
> > From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 22:40:31 +0000
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] M Monochrom? That's so August 2012
> >
> > I was wondering why you were posting two month old pages ;-)
> >
> > I think you meant to link this one?
> >
> >
> http://leicarumors.com/2012/07/03/with-the-upcoming-announcement-of-leica-s3-e
> > xpect-a-price-drop-on-the-s2.aspx/comment-page-1/
> >
> > john
> > ________________________________________
> >
> >
> > After 2 days of debugging death match (and I finally nailed the sucker),
> > what does the Rumor site say?
> >
> > "Leica is rumored to announce the S2
> > replacement<
> http://leicarumors.com/2012/05/01/rumor-leica-s3-with-new-sensor-a
> > t-photokina.aspx/>
> > at
> > Photokina. The new S3 is expected to also have a 37.5MP sensor but with
> > improved characteristics. In the upcoming weeks/months the price of the
> S2
> > is expected to drop. Some rumors point to a $10k price tag (the current
> S2
> > price is
> > $22,995.00<
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/585106-REG/Leica_10801_S2_SLR
> > _Digital_Camera.html/BI/2446/KBID/3285>).
> > Leica may also introduce a new combo price for the S2 with the 70mm S
> lens."
> >
> > $10K for an S2? Now that's something that can really put a shake on the
> > MFDB  makers.
> >
> >
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// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>