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Wow, that's a surprise. I had thought that platform is pretty much dead, but apparently not! Now those awesome lenses finally get a chance to serve more megapixels!
Likely the same supplier... I don’t think anyone else is sporting a 3:2 Medium Format sensor.
OMG. Thats very tricky. Although I love Leica, this is even more ridiculous than P1 at this point. They should make it 14k or so and then I'd seriously consider it. 24k is like 30k with one good CS lens or so. Not sure about this being a good deal.
Once the OVF advantages over that of EVF are espoused and people reminded that this is the last of the SLRs, sure they will sell a few.
Actually, I think they will sell more than just a few. I had an S-006 and while a wonderful camera with an exceptional OVF, in the end, the weight of the thing precluded it as a walk around MF. However, those lenses were simply outstanding and I would expect them to offer even more with the predicted 64 mp. I would rank an S 100/2 above my Zeiss Otus 55. Against my MF Rodenstocks - hard to say - but more character for sure.Once the OVF advantages over that of EVF are espoused and people reminded that this is the last of the SLRs, sure they will sell a few.
Yup. If that is the price point, I will be shopping to see what kind of deals I can get for my S, S2 and all the lenses from Phase One etc. But I suspect I will be forced to mostly just eat the loss, and go with a Fuji 100mp when it comes out. Either that, wait even longer until Leica figures out that no one will pay 24K euros for a crop sensor medium format at 64mp when the competition is offering 100mp at 1/3rd the cost, and 50mp at 4500 USD. They can't hide behind the medium format mystique anymore, or even brand snobbism...you can get your premium Hasselblad X1D for 6500 dollars, and they are sure to update their resolution as well.
It is a game now being played out- on one side compelling value from Fuji matched with outstanding glass and a soon to come class leading 100megapixel camera with IBIS; and on the other side
Yes, I bought into the S2 system before the Nikon D800 even came out. If you had told me at the time that I bought the S2 that the resolution would stay the same for 10 plus years, while every other manufacturer continued to grow with even every 35mm manufacturer surpassing it years in advance, I do not think I would have invested in it. The hard fact now is that I have paid tens of thousands of dollars for cameras and lenses which are only mountable to an extremely expensive, largely uncompetitive camera. The problem is really price more than anything else. It would be very attractive if it were priced like the Fuji and Hasselblad, but when it is priced like three or four Fuji's and Hasselblads, it is extremely frustrating. If this is a private equity issue, then I guess at least we can be thankful that we have not been given a Leica Lunar...
There is no denying the fact that price points hit the most ardent fans first. I was heavily invested in the system as well, then switched to phase IQ380, before having to sell that system as well (I needed to put in a deposit on a property). Now, I think sense has prevailed and since I don't shoot commercially anymore, I am quite at peace with my pentax 67ii + 2 lenses. After all, was it not Leica who not long ago said that they thought 37MP WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH for whatever you wanted to do? I might take up that advice and buy back the S006 (or 007) !
I have enormous sympathy for people like you who have invested so much in glass that they are almost 'locked in' to a camera body....I went through similar with Hasselblad and Leica R as well as Leica S.... It has taken me years to get over the embarassment of huge financial loss ( let alone the disapointment of company after company making promises and then just exiting from the market and leaving me stranded) eg Sinar/Leica R or just being silly ( Leica S ) - quite frankly I have more confidence in Fuji or Sony than all the other current manufacturers combined *10.
I bought into the S line for the same positives you outline above. Very understandable reference set you have.
