bwcolor wrote:
I couldn’t afford anything made by Leica until a bit later in life and then it was a series of used ‘M’ film cameras as well as various Contax compact/SLR, Bronica and Mamiya medium format bodies/lenses. I still have all of these bodies and lenses, but the Contax, Bronica and Mamiya gear is pretty much are yesterday’s product. I moved to Sony from NEX-7 through the A7Rv, but rarely shot film. The M11 Monochrom provided a unique camera. Given that much of my film photography was B&W, it made sense, so I purchased my first and so far only Leica digital body. So, for me, the purchase allowed me to restrict my options..no color..but expand upon the joys of 35mm B&W film by matching, or exceeding my 6x7 film resolution, but with greatly extended ASA (just joking ISO). I think that the ownership of ‘M’ glass encourages us to at least consider buying Leica bodies as the digital technology develops. I can’t speak for the R/SL format bodies, because I never saw the advantage of buying into these systems. I was happy with Sony and moved to Hasselblad when I wanted to try something new with larger digital camera/lens sytems.
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You must be some rich hipster that just has a lot of daddy's money and likes talking cool, retro lingo.
Kent
ASA ... dig it.
Dec 19, 2024 at 09:49 PM
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