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 Re: Why are Leicas so expensive? | |
johnvanr wrote:
RustyBug wrote:
catacore wrote:
And I am only considering this M240 because I have many M-mount lenses (many more than native E-mount lenses)
So, why do folks by "M-mount" lenses ... because there is something about them, that they value. 
Bear in mind, that while there are non-Leica M-mount lenses available ... to a degree, the prospect that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery is probably worth recognizing.
While there are the prospects of the body, and it's RF, and handling, etc. But, when it come to M-mount lenses ... they have been a strong attractant for folks, for a very long time. At this point, I think the K-mount from Pentax is one of the few that have gone unchanged for decades. So, on one hand, there's Leica, the M-mount and its popularity (even with its price point) vs. Pentax. For some reasons that folks may never be able to fully explain to the satisfaction of others ... well, the proof is in the pudding, so to speak. And "what the market will bear" ... bears out that the M-mount is desirable to enough folks that it succeeds, despite the continued "harps" against Leica that go on year after year, decade after decade.
At the end of the day, the glass is what projects onto the film plane. The camera is just a box (that holds the capture media) with a hole in it . 
Oddly enough ... other than the most recent Pixii, a few have been imitating Leica M-mount lenses, but nobody has been imitating Leica M bodies (M-mount) ... hmmmm.
Adapting M-mount lenses ... for some reason is popular and cool. Yet, owning M-mount lenses on M-mount bodies has folks harping on Leica and Leica owners about it. Kinda non-seuquitur, in some regard.
But, I get it ... there are folks that don't care for Leica. That's fine. There are folks that don't care for Apple, either ... citing the PC vs. Apple difference is almost the same presentation, just insert different names.
I'm not gonna lay out $$$ for a Bentley or a Rolls that I don't have. But, I don't get on car forums and gripe in the Bentley and Rolls forum that a Chevy is just as good at getting me to the grocery store. Again, non-sequitur (imo).
FYI, I have a bunch of M mount lenses but only one Leica lens. The rest are Zeiss and Voigtlander. I like them, because they’re good, small and cover full frame. My real desire is for a digital Contax G system with equally excellent small AF lenses.
Absolutely. I have quite a few M-mount lenses, and none of them reads Leica on them. I like them because they are small, good and cover full frame. I adapt them to the smallest FF camera I am aware of that sports an EVF, the Sony A7Cr. I do this so I can take it with me always, everywhere I go.
I would really like a same (small) sized camera, with M-mount, IBIS and a decent EVF - that would be my dream camera. And a bit better looking than the ugly A7C series cameras. I am not aware on such a camera being available today, so I had to live with either a non M-mount camera (like the said ugly Sony), or try, one more time, the range finder focusing experience (with all the associated quirks) with an M240. I much prefer the EVF experience over the OVF/Messsucher one.
But an M body is such a nice thing to look at and hold....
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