If you are a committed craftsman, obsessed about image quality and total sharpness, the new Leica aspheric M lenses simply leave everything else in the dust.
If you are obsessed about image quality and total sharpness, you shoot a bigger negative, not a post stamp sized one.
I admire your enthusiasm but this is way over the top, "the new Leica aspheric M lenses simply leave everything else in the dust."
I own 9 cameras and dozens of lenses, the only one I really want to shoot now is the Leica. If you are a committed craftsman, obsessed about image quality and total sharpness, the new Leica aspheric M lenses simply leave everything else in the dust.
I have to agree with Andre - if you have that committment, you should not be shooting 35mm anymore. You should move on to medium format or large format - since sharpness is much better maintained with smaller % enlargements.
It may be less expensive than keeping up with the "sharpness wars" in small format!
I've been around a large number of camera purchasers since '73, and have heard the same "justifications" and attitude you're objecting to used for a large percentage of Nikon (and other brand) purchases, and from perhaps a greater percentage than you hear it from Leica users. Judging the brand by the user, or thinking the brand/model confers talent isn't productive, and isn't a good determinant of which camera you might find best for your own use.--------------------------------------------------
<I'm a snob. I have worked hard for a long time and now I am enjoying the rewards of my labors. I like the best. I shoot leica and Hasselblad, wear a Rolex and drive a Porsche. Life is too short to settle for second best.
If you develop the attitude of demanding the best in life you will find it in all areas of your life. Relationships, family, work, where you live, what you drive, what you own Etc...>
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Lately I've been trying to decide whether to toss my Nikon gear and "move up" to Leica. After reading the above post, I think I will stay with Nikon.
ALso shipped with a toolkit - which was a sign, though her car only broke down 5 or 6 times.And I had to tweak around with it since the dealer didn't seem capable of fixing it.
I have to agree with Andre - if you have that committment, you should not be shooting 35mm anymore. You should move on to medium format or large format - since sharpness is much better maintained with smaller % enlargements.
It may be less expensive than keeping up with the "sharpness wars" in small format!
I have to agree with Andre - if you have that committment, you should not be shooting 35mm anymore. You should move on to medium format or large format - since sharpness is much better maintained with smaller % enlargements.
It may be less expensive than keeping up with the "sharpness wars" in small format!
You are reading about the M8 not the R8. The R8 is an R Series Leica camera, the predecessor to the new R9. R8 and R9 are great SLRs. The point and shoot cameras should not be compared to the M series and the R series Leicas.
Knickers. [Translation for those for whom English is not their native tongue: 'I do not entirely agree with your assertion'.]
If you are a committed craftsman, obsessed about image quality and total sharpness, the new Leica aspheric M lenses simply leave everything else in the dust.
... In 1913 Oskar Barnack invented the first 35mm RF camera that was known as the UR Leica (Lei from Leitz and Ca from camera). ...
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