Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yup. Exactly why I've stayed with Leica M (M8, M, MM) and R8/DMR - "what I am used to" for 5 decades and counting. Never let me down. a note off the iPad, George On May 7, 2015, at 12:10 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > My answer is simple, and my test for buying photography equipment. If it > will result in your instinctively getting better photographs with it, it is > worth the expense - for example, the placement of controls on an Nikon > D800/D4 are what I am used to obviating the need to think too much while > photographing, so I will buy these ahead of an Nikon D750, which, features > wise, would do very nicely indeed. Cameras are just a tool for getting > pictures I want, and am happy with. The rest of the > marketing/technical/subliminal reasons for purchasing, I leave to others to > ponder on. > > Occasionally, a system comes up that fits my needs very well, so I am > willing to put in the effort to train my brain so that my actions become > instinctive - which is what I did with the Fuji X system. > > It is very uncomplicated, in reality, if you think about it.