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I confess instant attraction to a Q2 Monochrom if its sensor mimics that in an M10M or M246 because of the EVF. And, again, please not to mention that one. Ditto for English-speaking readers, because the origin could be in either language. What are your thoughts? If you are a German reader, put your mind to descriptive words beginning with S. Please remind me to ask Leica when they announce the camera. Of course, the rumour-mill could have it wrong the name of this new camera could be something entirely different. And special editions are a staple of Leica fare, are they not? That would be -S for Sonderausgabe, special edition. But SE or ‘special edition” gets my attention.
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We can, I think, rule out motorcar-based S associations (Super, Supercharged, Superb, Sport) and other branding clichés where S is a popular initial. Perhaps the odd stop or so, but nothing more. The 24MP sensor, unless it is a completely new design, is unlikely to be dramatically better in low light than that of the SL2. In this case, the S is supposed to refer to “sensitivity mastered.” But, with the old SL 24MP sensor in the SL2-S, this would be clutching at straws. In the same way, as mentioned above, Sony makes a virtue of the a7S having a mere 12MP sensor. It could, for instance, refer to the – Sensitivity benefits of a lower pixel count in comparison to the SL2. We all know that the -P suffix is supposed to stand for “professional”, while the -M is definitely for “monochrome”. Knowing Leica, it won’t be a random letter. So, having pencilled in the SL2-S as a 24MP version of the SL2, what can we make of the “-S” suffix, either in English or German. Will the SL2-S be a 24-MP version of the new SL2? (Image Leica Camera AG)įrom Leica’s point of view, however, with no lightweight lenses to marry well with an S5-sized camera, a chunky body is probably a foregone conclusion. While I’m fairly certain this camera will have the SL2 body, I will be disappointed if Leica doesn’t grasp the opportunity to re-skin the Panasonic S5 and give us a lighter SL. It was logical to discontinue the old SL and then resurrect it with a new body and controls, a suitable companion for the SL2. I always thought it odd that Leica dropped the 24MP version of the SL, in direct contrast to Panasonic which appears to sustain both 24 and 47MP versions in its S range. My money is on a return of a 24MP sensor in the new body of the SL2, with the now-standard control set. It would be yet another niche product, something which Leica is very good at. But now that the 47MP sensor has been adapted for the Q2M, I wouldn’t be surprised to see such a camera in 2021. Nor is it an SL Monochrom, otherwise it would surely be an SL2-M. Now, what could this be? We can’t get many clues from the “S” suffix except, perhaps, to note that Sony uses this letter to denote its low-megapixel, light monster, the a7S. With this news, however, comes a glimpse of something even more intriguing, an SL2-S. Red Dot on the way out as the Q2 gets the monochrome treatment (Image of the Q2, Leica Camera AG)