There were actually 80 improvements from the S2 to the S
Actually, there is a lesson to be learned from Fuji and olympus. They both have gone back to generation old cameras and upgraded them for free using firmware.
The omd em-5 just receive smaller and better focus points, faster autofocus and the use of an ad on 2 million dot evf (which is like a $200 item).
I think Fuji went back two or three generations to improve their cameras.
This tells me a lot about a company and makes me less hesitant to invest.
When I bought my M8 it would tether. Albiet it would tether 5 frames then crash, but it would tether, then the whole idea was dropped. Had they adopted the olympus/fuji business model it would probably tether better today than the day I bought it.
But to tell you the truth, except for the smaller less expensive cameras I'm really not an early adopter with anything electronic. We're under too much pressure to be beta testers and as much as this stuff costs, even less expensive cameras, it make no sense to constantly upgrade every time a press release is announced.
I'm all for improving the breed, but more lens options, for secure firmware, added camera functions mean as much to a professional as 10 more megapixels.
I think we are now into a territory where format is not that relevant. Use and final quality is. When I pull out a little 4/3 camera or the S2 no client ever asks me about megapixels, cmos, vs. ccd, iso, viewfinders, they just care about what comes up on the screen and honestly when I put the olympus to my eye, I don't see it as 1/2 the frame of a 35mm I just see it as a 4:3 format camera and I shoot.
We all know below the skin of these cameras is the mechanics of the terminator. Cameras may look like their film counterparts but in reality there just computers with a lens. It's nice the options we have, I like the retro look that is present today, but we all know that the only thing that matters is the result and even inexpensive cameras like the 4/3 system get expensive once you go to back ups and multiple lens options. You can drop 10 grand on this little cameras before you know it and in medium format world where ten grand is just the used starting point, it's still a fairly big hit.
My point, if Leica or any company wants to prove that the is is in it for the long haull, take a page out of olympus and fuji's book and keep improving their previous cameras.
But then again, it's a great camera, so wtf.
IMO
BC