Darth_mel 1st Gear July 30, 2009 Share July 30, 2009 Almost 38 megapixels ! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092301_leica_s2.asp ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic July 30, 2009 Share July 30, 2009 Almost 38 megapixels ! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092301_leica_s2.asp Wow. So many mega pixels... how much memory is needed for a picture? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curahee 1st Gear July 30, 2009 Share July 30, 2009 Almost 38 megapixels ! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092301_leica_s2.asp Unless u wanna print ur pic into gigantic size, if not such cam not suitable for normal usage lei. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amortifiedpenguin Clutched July 30, 2009 Share July 30, 2009 30x45mm sensor (i.e. 56% larger than 35mm full-frame)- thrilling. im shooting 12megapix and 1 raw file is 8 to 10MB. its not bad considering that is more versatile than H1Ds. Those were shooting 36megapix in 2004. i so love medium format. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkseah Turbocharged July 30, 2009 Share July 30, 2009 I feel the megapixel race is getting out of hand especially at the P&S levels.. I'd rather have a good clean 6mp than a noisy 12mp.. typical photolabs only prints at 300dpi, so.. 4R (6"x4") prints need 1800x1200 pixels.. 3mp enough liao.. 8R (10"x8") prints need 3000x2400 pixels.. 8mp enough liao.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolie888 Clutched July 30, 2009 Share July 30, 2009 (edited) 56% larger than full-frame, but CCD-based, not CMOS. Is that better than a full-frame, CMOS DSLR (re noise, especially above ISO 800)? But can it use Leica's 4/3-format lenses? Images may be cropped. Edited July 30, 2009 by Jolie888 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlyb86 Neutral Newbie July 30, 2009 Share July 30, 2009 wow looks very nice the pics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_mel 1st Gear July 30, 2009 Author Share July 30, 2009 (edited) List price is about USD45K.... If you want sapphire LCD screen gotta pay about few K more. Can buy a really nice Japanese car liao. http://www.photographyblog.com/news/leica_s2_price_unveiled/ Edited July 30, 2009 by Darth_mel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunge 1st Gear July 30, 2009 Share July 30, 2009 56% larger than full-frame, but CCD-based, not CMOS. Is that better than a full-frame, CMOS DSLR (re noise, especially above ISO 800)? But can it use Leica's 4/3-format lenses? Images may be cropped. do a google on "CCD" and "CMOS" and u'd understand that CMOS doesn't = to better Image Quality.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbonetics 2nd Gear July 30, 2009 Share July 30, 2009 Unless u wanna print ur pic into gigantic size, if not such cam not suitable for normal usage lei. high mega pixels is not only for big printing. it is useful for "zooming" as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultramega 1st Gear July 30, 2009 Share July 30, 2009 Almost 38 megapixels ! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092301_leica_s2.asp These 2 more ter kong: 160 megapixels: http://www.roundshot.ch/xml_1/internet/de/...8/d925/f934.cfm 240 megapixels: http://www.lumiere-technology.com/Pages/Pr...ts/Product2.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picanto 3rd Gear July 31, 2009 Share July 31, 2009 these are for professional photographers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggable Clutched July 31, 2009 Share July 31, 2009 Not necessary. You're be surprised that many "hobby" or "amateur" users have top-of-the-line equipment. I've met a group of ladies with the D3 and 24-70 last year when the camera was first released. One can even ask me "How to change exposure compensation?" these are for professional photographers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ichibawa 5th Gear July 31, 2009 Share July 31, 2009 Buying the camera body is cheap... to maintain an arsenal of lens and other accessories is the killer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkseah Turbocharged July 31, 2009 Share July 31, 2009 Not necessary. You're be surprised that many "hobby" or "amateur" users have top-of-the-line equipment. I've met a group of ladies with the D3 and 24-70 last year when the camera was first released. One can even ask me "How to change exposure compensation?" That's just like an aunty who buys an Evo, always drives slowly in low rpm, and asks "how to engage the turbo?" In other words.. it's just for looks.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkseah Turbocharged July 31, 2009 Share July 31, 2009 high mega pixels is not only for big printing. it is useful for "zooming" as well. With the same technology at the same sensor size.. the pixel quality of a 12mp vs a 8mp would always suffer.. Cropping a 12mp to 8mp would be inferior to pic that came out of the 8mp camera. In other words, it is not good to depend on cropping to get the required picture composition. Better to zoom and compose the photo correctly before shooting.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgnick 1st Gear July 31, 2009 Share July 31, 2009 (edited) Almost 38 megapixels ! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092301_leica_s2.asp Only 38MP? 50MP Hasselblad H3DII-50 http://www.hasselbladusa.com/products/h-system/h3dii-50.aspx Leica may be the Lamborghini brand of cameras, but Hasselblad is the Bugatti Veyron Canon is only a Toyota Edited July 31, 2009 by Sgnick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_RAIDER Neutral Newbie October 16, 2009 Share October 16, 2009 Think you can display on a 100" LCD and still see your pimples on your face. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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