Leica S (Typ 007) and Leica S-E (Typ 006)

[dinora_de_rivera]

<p>Leica has just announced the latest models of its medium-format cameras:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.fotointern.ch/archiv/2014/09/16/leica-s-neues-mittelformat-topmodell-mit-cmos-und-video-sowie-einsteigermodell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fotointern.ch/archiv/2014/09/16/leica-s-neues-mittelformat-topmodell-mit-cmos-und-video-sowie-einsteigermodell/</a><br>

<br /> <a href="http://www.digitalkamera.de/Meldung/Mittelformat-Profis_Leica_S_Typ_007_und_S-E_Typ_006/9112.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.digitalkamera.de/Meldung/Mittelformat-Profis_Leica_S_Typ_007_und_S-E_Typ_006/9112.aspx</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.photoscala.de/Artikel/Leica-S-E-Typ-006" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photoscala.de/Artikel/Leica-S-E-Typ-006</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.photoscala.de/Artikel/Leicas-Topmodell-Die-neue-S-Typ-007" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photoscala.de/Artikel/Leicas-Topmodell-Die-neue-S-Typ-007</a><br>

<br /> <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1082939-REG/leica_10804_leica_s_medium_format.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(link)</a></p>

[john_shriver]

<p>There's also the new M-A (Typ 127) which is the MP without electronics (no meter). Clearly for the collectors' market, unlike the new S cameras.</p>

[kyoken74]

<p>They also released Leica-M Edition 60, which is a Leica M 240 without LCD.<br /> http://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-M/Leica-M-Edition-60<br /> I've been waiting for digital M with a physical ISO dial for a long time, but I am not in the market for special edition cameras. I wish if they took away the LCD from their M-E product line and make it a bit smaller and cheaper.</p>

[SolaresLarrave]

Looks like the theme of this year's Photokina: take things away (LCD, batteries, self-timer) and call them vintage...

 

On the other hand, one of them is a film camera (sold with a roll of Kodak Tri-X). It could be worse... <picks up his M3 to play with it, advance the film, aim at a painting on the wall, focus and shoot>

[james_elwing]

<p>Some great whimsical items, good for making us think.</p>

[kyoken74]

<p>I am tired of the more of the same. In the evolution of photography equipment, I feel like there were much more diversity in the past than there is today, though cameras are probably more ubiquitous today than ever before. In a world of digital cameras with LCDs, one without LCD does add some diversity. Now, someone should release a digital camera without light meter. :-)</p>

[Sanford]

<p>Coincide with today's headline: "Record Number of Billionaires." High end cars, houses, and cameras have never enjoyed better sales.</p>