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Sure. I think that lion could be improved in Topaz Photo AI but you will still be in salvaging territory. However the problem is always that we tend to underexpose in low light whilst we should be doing ETTR.

Yes, this is typically Topaz Sharpen AI - try LR Enhance; on such subjects it sometimes looks less artificial.

And don't forget that even a clear atmosphere can optically distort the image for long range by movement in the air, giving the impression of not being in focus. The colder and more still the air the less distortion. At such distances a scoping setup should be more practical. - though mot necessarily better. Also, with the lens at f8 and a 2x extender you are well beyond the diffraction limit. This lens and APO extender will likely yield the best results at 4.0. You should also get a cheap M adapter; they usually focus beyond infinity . This is a very special lens. It was designed as a surveillance lens which means that it was as close to diffraction limited as they could get and optimized at infinity wide open.

Basically - and that goes for just about any camera - your problem is that you want your photography straight out of the camera without any processing. No camera produces its best that way, and whilst the result from Leica is pretty decent as they have a very high basic image quality, to get full "Leica" quality, postprocessing is inevitable. This goes for any camera, but the difference is less pronounced with for instance Fuji, which is slanted to jpg output.

M9M gets closest.

Even if you buy a new camera by whatever route, it is virtually certain that there will be no guarantee, nor will Leica service them.

ALL sensors are monochrome and the camera can only produce color by the addition of a RGB mosaic colour filter and software. -disregarding Foveon here- sensor makers will adapt the filter stack to the customer wish. So they can certainly produce the same sensor with or without colour.

Which is my favourite lens on the M9M. Sharp and a beautiful tonal rendering.

I would not expect Leica to have a horde of painters with little brushes

Question of semantics. I would say they are the same misnomer. It is actually a powder coating. None of the three can be confused with chrome. It why don’t you go to a dealer and look whether you like the finish?

This is exactly what the EV1 is made for. Basically 75 and 90 mm are not a problem for the RF, but if they are Leica caters for that customer group.

As to your last question: yes. Shoot DNG and do so in postprocessing.

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What do you use the shaving mirror for?