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Back in the day ... I carried ONE body. Nikon FE ... all the way until digital. Granted, that was an SLR, but it was about as simple as they come. Didn't even need a battery, as it had a mechanical 1/90 shutter. Of course, today, we have electrons pushing digits, so battery is part of it. But, my point is that ONE body served my varied needs. How so ... ummm, we changed FILM to our need.
But, we longed for a solution that allowed us to NOT have to change film for every occasion, and dreamed of being able to do our own profiles, etc. So, here we are with that very thing before us. Leica getting down to ISO 64 - 50,000, and all the other aspects that have come along (other mfr's too), have gotten us to that point. So, with the film / profile aspect pretty much in place, it becomes a matter of glass and body choices.
Pick your glass, then your body. Or pick your body, then your glass.
If someone is looking for a ONE body solution to carry that has the versatility to be used for more than just one thing ... what ONE body, would you pick? Bear in mind, that the if the body isn't the M, you forego the RF option (pseudo Fuji, maybe). If the one body IS the M, well why can't it be used for landscape, etc.
Even if the split is 80% RF, and 20% non-RF, the versatility and impact of only having ONE body to carry vs. the "I have another system ..." has its own inherent value, imo.
To me, Leica is judiciously adding some versatility ... without degrading the (watch for the M11-P) RF experience. To the earlier point regarding RF experience peaking, if folks don't have a desire for increased versatility, then they are either very focused in their utilization, or they have a different system to augment the M (or vice verse).
Sometimes we talk in silo's omitting certain other facts (like, we have multiple systems), or we only use camera X for situation Y. For me, the prospect of having a single carry body that can roll with whatever comes my way, is something that I find value in. While I CAN shoot with just about any camera out there, it sure would be nice to just be daily shooting with ONE camera (and having APS-C jr. as a backup, or super-tele). For me, I'm looking toward that being either the M10-R or the M11-P (pending what the -P variant brings to the table) ... working my way back to the Nikon FE (simple, single body), just with Leica instead, this go 'round.
So, if you were to have only ONE body ... what ONE would you choose?
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