I am still wrestling with this concept for different reasons. I can understand some folks that have a deep, good lens collection maybe wanting to drop one of those lenses onto an S2, but why, if they already have a body and back, supposedly with a bigger sensor and more flexibility? If it is to "fill in the gaps" or take advantage of the way the other lenses draw, they still may not look as good coming from the S2 if it is "tuned" to produce an image with Leica glass that has been designed for it. I am sure folks will try various adapters and stuff, but not sure that is going to carry the day for many. Giving up a lot of what you might be buying the S2 and lenses for in the first place with respect to AF, electronic aperture, etc., seems less attractive, especially if one already has a camera and back for those lenses.
The flip side of using Leica glass on other bodies I get, but it sounds as though Leica is going to have enough roadblocks there, and the image circle may not work best, and the issue of being able to correct anything with existing software may make it more of a PITA than it is worth. We really will not know until there are lenses in the wild. If Leica does want to maybe use the glass for some future DSLR they may roll out, that would seem a better way to go...maybe, but that will not be free either.
Seems to me if the lenses Leica produces for the S2 system really deliver, and in a very "hands off" way, I think the argument for having the S2 body will be made. Does anybody hope to stick a Leica S2 70mm f2.5 CS/FPS lens onto a 60+MP Hassy or Phase? Really? Guess I must be missing something here.
LJ
The flip side of using Leica glass on other bodies I get, but it sounds as though Leica is going to have enough roadblocks there, and the image circle may not work best, and the issue of being able to correct anything with existing software may make it more of a PITA than it is worth. We really will not know until there are lenses in the wild. If Leica does want to maybe use the glass for some future DSLR they may roll out, that would seem a better way to go...maybe, but that will not be free either.
Seems to me if the lenses Leica produces for the S2 system really deliver, and in a very "hands off" way, I think the argument for having the S2 body will be made. Does anybody hope to stick a Leica S2 70mm f2.5 CS/FPS lens onto a 60+MP Hassy or Phase? Really? Guess I must be missing something here.
LJ