Camera companies need to seriously do as photographers ask for in specs not just listen and pick and choose. There are plenty of $1-3K cameras with better buffers and tethering, cameras that may not even be used all that much for their buffer or better tethering. Leica needs to wake up. Buying a camera on looks and label alone went out in 2008. It's a new world.
Oh yeh, this is a 160-320 ISO camera. They should just cap it off there. 1250 ISO should never be an option. The original Canon 1Ds had better 1250. That was in 2002.
I think one very large concept that Leica doesn't demonstrate it understands is that digital cameras are computers, not just cameras. Leica was and is a camera company. If they want to be a digital camera company then churn out product better and faster, with sizable improvements to their own products but also to competitors' products.
+1 ! Thank you for this post. This is something I've been thinking for decades, not doing it they ended put their company and all the humans being involved in a high risk. A lot of people (and posters) still think that we (the users) should not critized legendary brands like Leica because of the condesending aspect, I disagree with this position because actualy, too many decisions made by "super wised executives" (extremely well paid) are incoherent and dangerous.
I do not see why the S2 would not have an interchangeable sensor unit with the same design, according to the target. Ricoh did it in a compact cam (but did it badly). This is totaly incoherent, absolutely stupid and the consequences will not last very long to emerge, even if we like to think that Leica knows what their doing...
As I work in advertising, I can tell you that we see (in the last 10 years) emerging a new generation of young, agresive, incompetent and condesendant executives, specialy in the marketing area, that have power and use it pretty badly. When I read in some posts that "Leica can't be that stupid" or "they would not made such mistakes because they know better than us what they are doing"...I want to answer: "ah yes?...lets see in 5 years, if they are still here because of their wised decisions". Look what they have done with ( and for ) their R users, wich would have been a natural choice instead of puting themselves in an imperfect system that is not likely to be competitive in this segment. Now, Nikon and Canon users have all these R lenses for their gear...
Oh, and by the way, the international crisis we just had...how could it be? if economy is in hand of super competent people who knows what their doing and won't be so stupid.
And apart of the performance problem
Can someone tells me what is the selling point (the strength) of a camera that will be obsolete in a few years while in other systems you just have to upgrade the back? Or this jewel is actually targeting the very rich photographer who is looking for a gift for himself to commemorate his 40 anniversary of professional career?!?...The only possible exit I see for this model will be a tempting price wich I doubt will happen.
Is the fact that their Raw size is bigger an indication that it capture more data? Is the buffer speed coherent with the camera design and pro needs?
I agree with GWHITF post that S2 is NOT targeting the pro but the very wealthy amateurs who are looking for a kind of "porshe design" that would suit with their Porshe cars. Not targeting either the R users who have moved to other brands.
It is sad, but it is true.
Fred.
