DL 4 crushes MP usage

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Thanks for all the comments. I felt the M8 was a flawed product: too many problems, horror stories really, about owners having to send dead cameras back to Solms, etc. I perhaps would have bought an M8 IF I had not read these tales of woe. Why anyone would buy an M8.2 today for 6k vs a DL4 for less than 1k is beyond my comprehension.

As you already have good lenses for the MP, it really would make sense to buy an M8. For a time I was put off buying one, for the same reasons you quote, but much has been done over the past two years to improve reliability. You have most of the merits of the DL4 - less the zoom lens - plus the delightful compact handling of the M body which is so much nicer to hold and carry than DSLRs for any travel use. I am delighted with mine making me appreciate once again, the supreme quality of M lenses.

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Thanks David. I have considered the M8 but then I think in a year or two there will be a vastly improved offering from Leica - the M9 or something. And, if I had the M8, I probably would not also carry my MP on trips. So for the ntime being, the DL4 and MP seem to function well, one or both of them as backup, depending on mood or something. I would say if the M9 is full frame, really reliable, works so you don't need a special IR filter -- THAT would be worth consideration and MAYBE even sale of MP and DL4 -- given limited resources.