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andreas_thomsen

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in the beginning i did't want to but.....! shall i buy the S2 now or just wait until the problems are solved?

are there really probs or is it just a minority of probs here in the forum.

i am not a rich guy so for me the money is a huge investment.

cheers

andy

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in the beginning i did't want to but.....! shall i buy the S2 now or just wait until the problems are solved?

are there really probs or is it just a minority of probs here in the forum.

i am not a rich guy so for me the money is a huge investment.

cheers

andy

 

I wouldn't. Unless you're interested in a weather sealed studio camera.

 

(Schoenen Gruss nach Duesseldorf!)

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I wouldn't. Unless you're interested in a weather sealed studio camera.

 

(Schoenen Gruss nach Duesseldorf!)

 

just wait, 6 months at least. find out what WA performance is like. the 70mm is far from stellar, the 180mm is (ordinarily) good. or buy into a proven system now.

peter

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in the beginning i did't want to but.....! shall i buy the S2 now or just wait until the problems are solved?

are there really probs or is it just a minority of probs here in the forum.

i am not a rich guy so for me the money is a huge investment.

 

You're not rich, but you're thinking about buying such an expensive camera? Do you really need it? And do you really want to base your decision on a few random utterances on a web forum? Wow...

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I wouldn't. Unless you're interested in a weather sealed studio camera.

 

(Schoenen Gruss nach Duesseldorf!)

 

...with a lot of noise at base iso. creates the new leica look, styled after tri-xpan 400. old master style.

peter

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in the beginning i did't want to but.....! shall i buy the S2 now or just wait until the problems are solved?

are there really probs or is it just a minority of probs here in the forum.

i am not a rich guy so for me the money is a huge investment.

cheers

andy

 

You must have seen enough images from this camera now to make an informed decision.

 

Rather than the universal comparisons being made, which blend different systems into one super system then compare it to the S2, why not determine exactly what YOUR shooting needs and style are and match up the best camera to fit them ... knowing that NONE of them will meet every need. If the S2 fits best, get it.

 

Weather sealed studio camera ... LOL! ... Well, actually yes ... plenty of location work is done in humid, windy and sandy conditions. I've been caught in monsoon downpours, and shot in "wet" snow storms ... so weather proofing couldn't hurt.

 

Tri-X like noise at base ISO? Get real.

 

It took a few weeks of goofing around before finding the right "soup" when processing since there aren't any profiles yet. Once you figure it out to your personal tastes it seems fine. I got the S2 file processing down faster than I did the D3X files.

 

My only issue was that they should have had finer ISO selections rather than jumping from 160 to 320 to 640 to 1250 (I hated that on the M8 also). And the LCD exposure compensation isn't a great feature IMO ... but neither would be a deal breaker if the S2 fit my shooting style and needs better than something else.

 

-Marc

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