Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Sep 25, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Toralf Lund wrote:
From where I'm standing, "Leica" looks like much less of a name in
the MF market than in 35mm, comparatively speaking. Meaning that
"Hasselblad" seems at least as big.
Leica never made a medium format film camera. So they have no "name"
in medium format camera circles.
Digital cameras are not really "medium format" cameras, however, and
the only "names" in that marketplace, to date, are Hasselblad/Fuji,
PhaseOne, and Leaf/Rollei. That makes it a pretty nice market with
only a few competitors, selling only pretty high-end gear, all of
which is, by definition, pretty new. Established leadership there is
up for grabs.
I do think it would be nice if Hoya/Pentax would get their collective
arse moving on that front with the 645D. I'm sure they have business
reasons for the delays to deal with, but there are a lot of Pentax MF
users who would be made happy with the release of this camera.
G
Not true. Leica made a 25MP S1 with a 5140x5140 sensor. Rather rare,
admittedly.
http://burlington.craigslist.org/bfs/844376362.html
Hence the new camera's name is S2
D
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