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Introduction
In mid-August, 2009, I was invited to join a small group of journalist on a visit with Leica at their headquarters in Solms, Germany. The purpose was to preview two new cameras, the M9 and S2 – the X1 was a last minute surprise. We were able to spend time shooting with the S2 and M9 and also had unprecedented access to Leica's executives, product development team, and engineers over a three day period.
We were each given an S2 camera body and access to a selection of lenses for a full day. We spent the morning at a commercial studio with a model, and the afternoon hiking around the countryside and a nearby castle shooting whatever we wished.
Because the S2 at that point...

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