"Leica has dropped quite the shocker on everyone with their new Leica S2, which is a relatively compact DSLR with a monstrous 37.5-megapixel sensor. The shocking part is that the sensor size is 56% larger than a 35mm (or full frame) sensor found in “pro” level DSLRs. Kind of makes Canon’s 21.1 megapixel 1Ds Mark III look kind of quaint, eh? Leica has announced a number of lenses to accompany the new system as well."
- Brian Sullivan
from Bookmarklet
Think the price is more of a shocker than the sensor size. ;-p
- ronin
I see B&H has it listed with no price and "available soon" designation -- body only though. Don't see any lenses for it on their site. I am guessing multi thousands for a lens.
- Brian Sullivan
I guess the stereotypical answer from a Ferrari salesperson .. "If you have to ask ... " :)
- Clarence Chiang
Who buys this stuff anyway? How many billionaire dilettante photogs can there be? Even a pro making very large money I think would have a hard time justifying the 7 or so times factor over a D3 for example.
- Brian Sullivan
I played with one today. Its much improved than the first gen. The feeling in your hand is much better and the device feels MUCH more solid.
- Grant Gochnauer
"All the photos were shot with Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EF 50mm f/1.4 USM at ISO3200. The high ISO capability of the 5D Mark II allows unprecedented opportunity for food photography in many restaurants that are dimly lighted. Before the 5D Mark II, I would never have been able to shoot with this quality in a restaurant as dimly lighted as The Square. Just by looking at these photos, you would never know how dimly lighted the restaurant was. You can click on the individual images for a larger view."
- Vox
from Bookmarklet
I'm reading "The Snowball" http://tinyurl.com/527wwb but only start to read about the boss himself since the first 6 chapters are dedicated to Warren's ancestries. I wonder if your book will be necessary after the 1000 pages on Warren's work :)
- Jérôme Flipo
I want to read that. The Warren Buffett American Capitalist book seems shorter and more cogent.
- Diana Blue
I found "The Snowball" very much worth reading: http://piaw.blogspot.com/2008.... Let's just say that Warren, writing about himself, doesn't brag, and under-states how hard he actually works.
- Piaw Na
Thanks for the blog! I bookmarked it. Have you read this book: Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha: A Hedge Fund Manager's Dispatches from Inside the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting. I've read the Warren Buffett Way and The Making of An American Capitalist, and I find WB a very interesting man - rational, patient, eccentric, and stoic.
- Diana Blue
No, I haven't read those books. So many books, so little time!
- Piaw Na
@Piaw: I read yesterday the passage about the mortgage crises you mention in your blog post. Highly relevant quote for our times.
- Jérôme Flipo
Yes, the man is clearly brilliant. It's a pity most money managers are such slimeballs, and not people like him.
- Piaw Na
"For a couple of months now, I've been using a music service that's been in a quiet (but open) beta period. It's been kind of amazing. That service is the all-new version of Lala, and it's officially throwing its doors open to the public today."
- tech.newsjunk.com
With a new administration there is much hope for a national broadband policy. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about significant government subsidies for broadband. There is certainly a place for subsidies, especially when they act a stimulus overcoming the chicken-and-egg problems that we often encounter with new technologies. Where I struggle with subsides in general is the efficiency of the spending. It seems that subsidies are more often another form of a bail-out and an attempt to address and issue that the free market has already decided is not economical. There is certainly opportunity for faster pipes which could grow e-commerce (particularly for movies and other media) and richer communication (video conferencing). There is opportunity for better service to rural america (my in-laws are still on dial-up! how could you even survive?!).
- Matt Pavlik