Leica S2 samples at dpreview (100-200 units released in December)

Move over "The 300", because Leica is looking for the new "The 100 to 200" brave photographers looking to buy the Leica S2 in December. That is what the product manager of the S-system told BJoP. In there also, BJoP was told that X1 pre-orders exceeded expectations significantly. (It is not clear from the interview whether 100-200 refers to the whole world or the UK market, but considering that the interviewee is the manager of the S-system of Leica HQ, the price of such a system, and the handmade-ness of it, it probably means the whole world).

Meanwhile, at dpreview, a pre-production unit was used to produce 26 full-size JPEG samples, a mixture of a fashion-portrait-modeling and cityscapes. For the extra conservative crowd, there is one picture that some may find suggestive (rated: high-heels, short skirt, pose).

Not to be Debbie Downer, but some photographers are saying dirty sensor on the S2 in the dpreview forums.

Then the Digital Photographer (dphotographer.co.uk) visited the Leica store in London and they are posting their impressions which includes a long segment on the S2 (see the section "Finally...") (their post talks all things Leica, not just the S2)

And a very long skyscraper look at the camera by David Farkas, who is the designated Leica expert at one of the largest Leica dealers in the US. (this looks longer than it is due to the Blogspot template chosen which is just 740-pixels wide).

And now something of great interest to medium format photographers, one photographer in the L-forums compares the S2 with the Phase One P45+.