It’s a humongously expensive, glorious piece of equipment

Jonathan Margolis tests out the new £20,000 Leica S2 camera.

Fact Box:

Leica S2 (body), £16,740. Leica Summarit-S 70mm f/2.5 ASPH lens (featured in video), £3,240. Also available is the Leica Apo-Elmar-S 180mm f/3.5 lens, £4,752. From Leica Store Mayfair, 34 Bruton Place, London W1 (020-7629 1351; www.leica-storemayfair.co.uk).