I must say, while I love the concept of the S2 and the nice features and handling and all other stuff like Leica glass, I like even more what I see coming from Phase.
Their new concept appeals MUCH MUCH more to what I want (and I assume also many others):
1) removable digi back and thus easily scalable to new sensor generations
2) larger sensor size and more state of the art sensors (DALSA)
3) first time leaf and shutter speed lenses in this size of MF (sorry I do still not consider Leica S2 to be a MF camera)
4) new lenses from Schneider coming - for me at least equally good and great as Leica lenses, especially their new designs (and yes I know that there are some other opinions here
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5) The rest you can get very excellent Mamiya glass
6) New camera much faster
7) best flash sync in town - although I personally could not care less for that feature as mainly landscape photographer, but I understand that many are excited about this
8) most flexible system as backs are easily usable with view cameras
9) C1Pro - consider this still the best RAW PPSW together with PS CS4 after looking in the latest and greatest LR version and also Phocus
WRT Leica PM - well David, I m not soooo convinced about what they say and find and prioritize, simply the approach of smaller sensor size, less pixels should be made up by great new Leica processing (which due to their saying neither Phase nor Hasselblad could do better after all their experiences over the last years processing) and Leica glass???? I also talked to their PM in Vienna in September ....
Very big questionmarks and sorry, but sounds to me rather more marketing than really technically proven :thumbdown: