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Uncle Mike wrote:
I'm not "trolling," I am genuinely impressed that Leica has creates this brand image that allows them to sell a camera for $5500 that, objectively, isn't any better than a camera that costs less than than $1000 (and one could even make a case that Olympus E-PM2 recently on sale for $299 is at the same level).
Ah yes, the "I'm not trolling, I'm just saying y'all are brand-brainwashed idiots" defense.
While many other (much cheaper) cameras might be "objectively better" in many aspects than Leica's digital M bodies, the M8/M9/M240 do have a few features that are unavailable at any price in other cameras (whether they are worth the $$ or not is a matter of personal opinion). Among these is having a mount and sensor package able to use Leica M lenses (which are, quite often, objectively superior to everything else available). There is no other full-frame mirrorless option available at all, much less one with Leica's unique design work on rangefinder-lens-compatible sensor packages (even many crop-sensor cameras struggle with smeary corners on rangefinder wide-angles). I don't own any Leica-M camera bodies, but I can certainly see the photographic appeal --- in objective capability, not "brand image" --- of the system.
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