Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Leica M is too damn heavy are you kidding you can't just take that out and shoot pictures! You have to leave it at home having gotten a cropped consumer Fuji mirrorless! On the LUG I'm not seeing people buying Fuji consumer grade mirrorless cameras because they just don't have the cash for a Leica M. They've already got one. The Fuji bodies are in the "more cameras" category. As if its lighter or something and that makes a difference. As if "mirrorless" is a category you just have to have its a basic necessity of your camera world! But I don't think its weight I think its money. The Leica M is certainly too much money to bring outside and use. It might get a raindrop on it. Or a scratch. And your investment when you sell it on eBay next year might be lessoned. I can tell you if I owned a Leica M digital camera I'd be using it. I'd not be surfing the internet looking for cheap alternatives so I can leave it at home. The joys of leaving my rarefied gear at home while I go out and shoot with something else has never grabbed me. I think the first week or two I avoid dark streets at night. Otherwise its my camera. I'm not leaving it at home. -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/