Leica Camera AG has announced a delay in delivery of its upcoming Leica S2 digital SLR, a camera the company first described back at the Photokina tradeshow in Cologne, Germany some thirteen months ago. The Leica S2 is based around a 3:2 aspect ratio Kodak KAF-37500 CCD image sensor with dimensions of 30 x 45mm - 56% greater surface area than that of a 35mm full-frame image sensor, but about 22% less than the 36 x 48mm imagers used in medium format DSLRs from the likes of Phase One and Hasselblad.This sensor resides in a weather-sealed single-lens reflex body with dimensions of 6.3" x 4.7"...(read more)
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