I wonder how many "professionals" can work with 1.5 fps. Portrait and wedding types probably would be fine with it, however. The cost numbers are scary!
Jack --- On Mon, 8/17/09, Graydon <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Graydon <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT -- Leica S system release date and specifications announced. > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 17, 2009, 11:32 AM > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:53:54PM > -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Graydon<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Is it known for sure there's no Panasonic > involvement in the image > > > processing engines outside of the D and P&S > systems? The S2 specs > > > are rather better than I recall PhaseOne managing > to do. Could be > > > faulty memory or PhaseOne being more price > sensitive. > > > > The S2 processing specs are actually marginally > inferior to the latest > > PhaseOne backs, the P65+ and P40+ as they lack the > pixel-binning tech > > PhaseOne has introduced for high-ISO shooting. And it > is confirmed > > that Panasonic has no involvement with the processing > engines on the > > M8, DMR or S2. > > Having gone and looked up PhaseOne, I'm highly impressed; > 85 total > employees, and possibly less than 60 technical employees, > is a very > small number to be doing specialized IC design with. > > > As it happens, Leica has no involvement on the > processing hardware for > > any of the PanaLeica stuff and as far as I'm aware > doesn't do the > > software either (Panasonic does the software to Leica > specification). > > Leica has actually been pretty open about their > partners for the 3 > > in-house designs. > > Open is not always the same thing as complete, though. :) > > -- Graydon > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
