Leica S(007) First Impressions Review

A New S Takes Center Stage

Unveiled at Photokina 2014 in September of that year, Leica S(007) availability was announced almost a year later, on August 25, 2015. That's a long gestation period. This is the third generation Leica S, joining the S2 of 2009 and the just plan S of 2012 – now called the S(006) – got it?.
Sidebar: I can't say that I'm much of a fan of Leica's latest naming convention, where every new model has the same name as the last, except for a code which is appended, as in this case with the Leica S (007).
It makes discussion or writing about the cameras awkward. It makes web searches difficult. It makes buying and selling used cameras confusing and does little, in my opinion, to create either cachet or clarity of communication. And since, if nothing else, Leica cameras are intended to be an embodiment of simplicity and Bauhousian clarity, for me the naming convention fails in its mission.

Michael shares with Kevin the new features of the Leica S (007)
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