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I would not visit France with a S2 (I am french), so I don't think visiting Africa with it is a sound idea if you value your life.
 
I am grateful for these comments. Ever since I brought up the topic S2 for daily use I got first hate mail, then apologies but it is a really good camera and I am happy for every one who spend the money with good success and fun with the S2
 
Nick is right, it's a medium format camera that is as easy to field-use as any 35mm SLR.

However, the lenses are heavily. It takes a lot of glass to make a medium format image circle, and Leica optimized for quality, not weight. Taking more than two lenses is not realistic.

His problems reading the top panel probably means he's got one of the (many) defective OLED panels. Leica will replace it free if so.
 
Thanks for posting that link. Having traveled with Hassy gear in my past film life, I'd love to take the S2 along on the trail these days! I am not sure how rugged it is, but I suppose - with some care and foresight - it would do ok in alpine terrain, which is where I'd use it most (all wishful thinking so far, mind you).

Thomas
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I plan to spend a couple of weeks next summer visiting my cousin, who lives in Paris, and traveling out of the city on occasion. I plan to take my M9 and a couple of lenses and use them often as I travel. Would you say that is an unreasonable risk? Earlier trips there, and around Europe and North Africa with a variety of cameras have presented no problems.
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DCWells said:
I plan to spend a couple of weeks next summer visiting my cousin, who lives in Paris, and traveling out of the city on occasion. I plan to take my M9 and a couple of lenses and use them often as I travel. Would you say that is an unreasonable risk? Earlier trips there, and around Europe and North Africa with a variety of cameras have presented no problems.
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Provided you don't hang around some of the more dangerious areas of cities and take the same precautions you'd take anywhere no it wont, your typical thief probabley doesnt even know what a Leica is anyway so I don't think he'd anymore likely to go for it than he is say an expensive looking Canon(the "white L" is I'd guess the first thing most people accoicated with expensive camera gear) or Nikon DSLR.
 
My colleague just returned from a 14 day trip to the Southern Caribbean with S2 and 3 lenses and brought back some outstanding images. Never had a problem with the locals tryng to rip him off.

He said, "if I can afford to own one, why not shoot with it."

It is not a trophy cameras like other peoples like to brag about, keep in it's original box, or gather dust on a shelf, and can not take a decent picture.

Enjoy your S2 and take alot of pics. A camera is just a tool.
 
why bother using s2 as daily when u can buy a RED camera, i dont see owners of s2 having any problem paying for a Red anyway, loads of lenses to choose from and shoot anyway u want
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What is Red?
magneto shot said:
why bother using s2 as daily when u can buy a RED camera, i dont see owners of s2 having any problem paying for a Red anyway, loads of lenses to choose from and shoot anyway u want
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Like others here, I suffer from chronic GAS.
Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
a few hundred nautical miles SW : 17º 52S, 149º 56W
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Digital_Cinema_Camera_Company

magneto's point escapes me too. Red makes fine video cameras but they are not still cameras, they are far too bulky and heavy for casual travel use, and they cant' use Leica S lenses (a main reason for using the S2 in the first place).
Len_Gee said:
magneto shot said:
why bother using s2 as daily when u can buy a RED camera, i dont see owners of s2 having any problem paying for a Red anyway, loads of lenses to choose from and shoot anyway u want
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