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Jman13 wrote:
But there is still a very large disconnect when you are touting your product to be the end all be all of photographic machines...and then the key part that makes the image in a digital camera, the sensor, is years behind the times in capabilities, and that premium still exists. Do you not see the disconnect here? Do you not find it odd that a camera that costs 1/8 what the M-E costs and has a sensor with 1/4 the area has greater dynamic range, color depth and signal to noise ratio? Don\'t you find that a bit disconcerting for a \'premium\' product?
As a preface, I generally agree with what you write to a very large extent, and I think you write well, but this time, I disagree 100%.
First of all, I don\'t think that Leica touts their systems as the be all and end all in any sense that the other manufacturers don\'t also. They all market like that, it just goes with the field.
While the E-M5 has a fantastic sensor and very good lenses, I don\'t think that the system as a whole reaches the Leica M system at all, not even close. I say this having owned (and sold) an M8, tried an M9, and having owned (and sold) several of the very best M lenses, and also being an MFT owner with no intention of leaving. The intimacy, the pureness, the simplicity, the amazing lenses unmatched by almost any other manufacturer, and the directness of the photographic experience are all things which the MFT system just does not have. I like MFT, but it is not playing in the same ballpark at all. The M8 and M9 sensors deliver results which are incredibly satisfying, even if there are rough spots and the specs don\'t measure up, whereas the MFT results are merely good, even if the specs are top-notch.
The same could be said for the R8/R9/DMR experience. There is just an experience and a quality to those cameras and lenses which hardly anyone else can match. Photography pure.
Having said that, sure there are issues. DR, IR leakage, colour casts, low frame rates, calibration issues, QC issues, SD card compatibility, and on and on. Lots of stuff which just should work, but doesn\'t, or sometimes doesn\'t. Trying to match up the Dollars to the results will only ensure that you will never want to use Leica, but if you are willing to sacrifice a lot to have the experience of using the system, then this doesn\'t t matter. When it all works and everything is right, it is a great experience, perhaps the purest photographic experience it is possible to have in the digital age, and I say that having worked with medium format digital as well, as well as some classics like the Kodak SLR/N, Fuji S5 Pro, and so on.
It is clear that ultimately I don\'t agree enough with Leica\'s current direction and pace of getting there to stay with the system, but I guess I will always consider myself a potential future Leica customer again.
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