X2 - Paul Smith Edition.... OK....

[Keith]

Originally Posted by kshapero

Each to their own. I hate it.

Hate is a strong word ... I thought I knew you better than that!

[wblynch]

50 cents worth of paint. Big Deal.

Any grade school kid could have "designed" this.

whoop-de-doo

[wblynch]

not saying I don't like it, mind you...

[Godfrey]

Originally Posted by Keith

I've seen some images from the X2 of late that have really impressed me colour wise ... quite stunning IMO.

With the full frame rush that's happening currently I could be quite happy with a bargain priced used X2. I was one of the vocal critics of this series when it was released but I've changed my attitude. It's a very sensible camera and one of Leica's real 'sleepers' IMO.

+1

Some of the early comments by various web reviewers dissed the "look" of the photos out of it. Well, I believe that Leica changed the standard JPEG rendering to be a bit more neutral and more amenable to post process editing. A simple matter of changing from Standard to Natural and bumping the saturation and contrast up one notch to make the X2 image quality glow straight out of the camera. The raw files are incredibly good to work with: enormous sensitivity and dynamic range. The lens is wonderful.

About the only thing I'm not entirely delighted with is that the servo manual focusing is a bit too slow, it makes watching for the in-out focus transition a little more difficult than it ought to be.

[Peter_wrote:]

i somehow like it, maybe because the colors remind me on my childhood.

when i was a child, we had a very popular brand of ice here. the so called twinni. u could break it in the middle and had 2 ice then.. don't know if this works with the leica too...

does anybody else notice the similarity...?

[jsrockit]

Originally Posted by wblynch

50 cents worth of paint. Big Deal.

Any grade school kid could have "designed" this.

whoop-de-doo

The Leica X2 Grade School Kid Edition doesn't sound that marketable though...

[Calzone]

Originally Posted by sepiareverb

Where?????

Possibly Paul Smith's Fifth Avenue store.

Anyways in fashion I learned its "percieved value." Anyways not sure if I'm hip enough to go shooting with this camera. I'm probably too old. (54, almost 55). Definately makes a powerful statement. LOL.

Cal

[jsrockit]

Originally Posted by Calzone

Possibly Paul Smith's Fifth Avenue store.

It was only a D-LuX 4 though... a pana-leica.

[summaron]

It's cool, I'd buy one. It could be the Saul Leiter edition.

http://www.lensculture.com/leiter.html

[denizg7]

You guys remember the M6J? The M3 look a like??

Many say the x1 x2 take its design from the barnack.. What if they made a x2 barnack edition , with a small optical viewfinder?? brass plates etc.. 100 year anniversary is coming soon.. Certainly would be interesting.

cheers,

Dennis

[coelacanth]

Would love to see 100th aniv edition with brass plates, vulcanite covering, no red dot, no EVF port (not big fan of that blocky part sticking out) but comes with small OVF.

I still wish they'll make 50mm version of X series camera...

[sepiareverb]

Yeah, a digital 0-Serie!!

[denizg7]

Originally Posted by coelacanth

Would love to see 100th aniv edition with brass plates, vulcanite covering, no red dot, no EVF port (not big fan of that blocky part sticking out) but comes with small OVF.

I still wish they'll make 50mm version of X series camera...

kinda wish you looked at the previous comment, oh well,

cheers

[FrozenInTime]

Originally Posted by coelacanth

Would love to see 100th aniv edition with brass plates, vulcanite covering, no red dot, no EVF port (not big fan of that blocky part sticking out) but comes with small OVF.

Take the current lens and a manual helicoid focus mount and I'm in.
I was using my GXR with the ZM 21/4,5 for scale focus today and it worked out rather well.

The orange/green/lime X2 is sort of covert by it's overtness - it looks like no serious camera.

[jsrockit]

Originally Posted by sepiareverb

Yeah, a digital 0-Serie!!

My goodness, this would be special.

[gilpen123]

There is an X ala carte now, choose your finish and leather http://en.leica-camera.com/photograp.../x_a_la_carte/