woodyspedden
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Is this my Guy Mancuso talking???...........the great glass guru?The reality in MF is all you are buying between systems mostly is functionality, software and ergonomics. Right now today the Hassy and Phase run the same sensors except for the Hassy 50 and Phase P65. Obviously lenses and such but the image quality is pretty much on par with the other and I still don't buy the fact that lenses are the separators in it. When I can throw a old design lens that you can get on e-bay for 500 dollars and produces great image quality than you have to wonder how much the lenses really count. Nothing wrong with great glass ever but this is NOT 35mm shooting and different rules apply. Honestly every one of the S2 will look identical just like the M summarits do. They are all being made from the same glass and same basic design. Not that they are bad they will just all have the same character
I understand your points however. Great glass is valuable only if it gives you differentiated images after all. There are certainly lenses that meet that criteria e.g. the R 100 macro elmarit. But I do believe you could build an entire portfolio around the M8 and CV lenses and have people oohing and aahing, if the images have sufficient interest AS A SUBJECT.
JMHO
Woody