Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah yes! And you also said this about the S2: " In any case, for those that may first buy the S2 system, it will possibly say more about their financial circumstances, than their photographic ability or good sense." I think scrambling and dreaming about buying a Leica S2, probably the best camera made today just might say something about ones commitment to photography. Again it runs around $27,000. - one could buy a motorcycle. A 2013 Harley-Davidson FLHX Street Glide Touring cost $27,859. I wonder how much sarcasm a buyer of one of those would get from his peer group? When you took your workshop in Martha's Vineyard which $600 4/3's body was it recommended you invest in? Though some would buy their kid a 2013 Volkswagen GTI so they'd have a car to drive around in their college town and have more of a chance of the kid staying alive past their freshman year.. Cost about the same as an S2. One can be had for around $27,000 maybe with no AC. A Hasselblad H5D-200MS Medium Format DSLR cost $42,995.00 I think the S2 is a better camera! A Hasselblad H5D-60 Medium Format DSLR Camera cost $39,995.00 I'm pretty sure just about any client there is would be more happy with what I'd give them with a Leica S2 and glass. A Mamiya RZ80 DSLR Camera Kit cost $33,366.00 O boy all I ever wanted to do was grow up and shoot with a Mamiya camera! Most the photographers I knew in Portland had well over $100,000 in camera gear. Two or three times that some of them. I was at the low end. $27 thou is a respectable amount of money to pay for what is probably the best camera body available today with the best lens. The glass of course in the end costing many times that but I'd start off with a short tele like I did with my Hasselblad system when I started out. I started out with a 150 Sonar. With the Leica S2 system id start out with the awesome APO-Macro-Summarit-S 120mm f/2.5 CS Lens for $8.5 grand. And coincidently made by the camera company we're all here to talk about! I'm glad I'm all excited bout what Leica is doing around you?!! Perhaps the role of the S2 is to make the M 240 or Monochrom look like a budget deal?!? At about a forth the price? Recently I read that to get into driving a cab in NY, that's a business you're in effect starting; it cost about $1,000,000. I wonder where all those people get a cool mil from to drive a yellow cab?! I guess a million bucks is not a million bucks any more. On 6/6/13 11:42 AM, "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > so dig out your Leica S's that you are not using .....you now have a > reason to > put new life into them, > > > > > > Steve > > > > > On Jun 6, 2013, at 12:30 AM, Charlie Chan <topoxforddoc at btinternet.com> > wrote: > >> Lei-ko adapter here >> >> http://www.lei-ko.de/produkte/Produkte.html >> >> http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-s2-forum/280110-lei-ko-r-s-ad >> apter.html >> >> Charlie >> >> On 6 Jun 2013, at 06:19, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> Huge news! >>> >>> >>> On 6/5/13 10:46 PM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Jim Christie wrote: >>>> >>>>>>> >>>> I am very frustrated. I own a lot of wonderful R lenses and wonder why >>>> an >>>> adapter can't be developed to use them on the S Leica. >>>> <<< >>>> >>>> The simple answer is the flange-to-sensor distance of the S system is >>>> longer >>>> than in the R system. >>>> >>>> However, an adapter has been made and is available that will allow >>>> longer R >>>> lenses to be used on the S bodies while sacrificing infinity focus - and >>>> some >>>> can be adjusted by Leica to recover infinity focus. The focussing >>>> units of >>>> the modular APO-Telyt-R system can also be modified to fit the S bodies. >>>> It >>>> seems the larger image circle requirements of the S isn't a problem for >>>> most R >>>> lenses. >>>> >>>> Doug Herr >>>> Birdman of Sacramento >>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/