Merry Christmas - pick your favourite!

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Are you going to sell your exotics or just the digital bodies?

I suspect you won't be the only one jumping ship. Emperor's clothes and all that. There's only so much poor QC and poor software people will take before people say enough is enough. I'm lucky that I simply have little interest in digital, and I like using film Ms whilst on holiday. I might keep my one remaining M9 for occasional use, but I plan to use my medium format gear more next year. All off topic though.

 

Pete

 

Selling the whole lot. I've seen first hand that "it's the combination of lens and sensor tailored to that lens range is what counts" such that anything from Fuji and Sony in the present and future surpasses the Leica legacy glass in terms of IQ.

 

I enjoy the RF experience. But only as a craft, not as a route to final image quality. And certainly not to the tune Of the 25k I've sunk into it together with the crap you have to put up with from them and their defenders. I am considering an M6 with a 50 cron, or if the M360 Monochrom is much smaller, lighter, cheaper, more robust electronics and coding then I'd try that........but how likely is that? Yeah. Exactly.

[otto.f]

Okay, so the reason I posted this is that we hear so much crap here about image quality and sensor performance that I just wanted to know which image people liked the most. It is about the image quality in the end, isn't it.

 

I take pictures because I enjoy the process of taking pictures, and the end product gives me pleasure. M is only for messucher, buttons, shutter noise, video, MP, corner performance ... it all leaves me somewhat cold. I do get pleasure in the form factor and the purity of Leica, but the image is what counts.

 

I like the third image. It's colour balance is the most accurate, and it sparkles (excuse the pun).

 

The first two have somewhat distracting Torx key, faceted bokeh, which I don't like so much.

 

So, which is which? In order:

 

M9-P with 75 Summilux

A7R with 75 Summilux

D800E with AF-S micro 60mm 2.8G

 

As the man says - get out and take more photos. Me, I might spend a little more time with my D800, when I don't mind lugging the monster about. The results are worth it (from time to time).

 

Merry Christmas

 

So you can sell your 75 lux, sure someone is waiting for it!

[IkarusJohn]

So you can sell your 75 lux, sure someone is waiting for it!

 

Not cold and dead yet!

[algrove]

For me I am going to use my old SWC/M with P45+ more in 2014 than in 2013. It's still a CCD and I love the OOC warmth to the images.

 

Sent the a7r back and might revisit in another year, but for now M240 and MM are for me with too many R lenses collecting dust.

 

P.S. Do not sell the old 75 lux, even though it is difficult to compare it to a modern Nikon lens. I guess the Nikon used is modern since I do not follow Nikon anymore.

 

Would have been nice to see the same lens (whatever lens) on all 3 bodies even though it is some work to get it done.

[Rick]

Would have been nice to see the same lens (whatever lens) on all 3 bodies even though it is some work to get it done.

 

Then send him your Leica 80/1.4 with a Leitex/Nikon mount, and I bet John would be happy to do it over for you.

 

 

p.s. Once you own a 75 Lux, the dye is cast, you will forever have to repurchase it every time you sell it.

[algrove]

Have you been thinking about this reply since Christmas or are you just sobering up from New Years?