denoir wrote:
Carsten, since you are not using your M8u at all despite you being fond of Leica I would guess you would find an upgrade to an M9 much better than you think. I\'m not a Leica aficionado and yet it is my DSLR that is unused these days. You on the other hand, despite your praise of the M8u, are using a DSLR much more. If we disregard any cost considerations the explanation must be the difference between the two cameras.
Well, I don\'t think so. I have had the M8 for a very long time, the longest of any camera I have owned, apart from a Hasselblad 500C (which I wasn\'t using at all, and which I recently gave to my cousin), so I know it inside out. I still use primarily the M8 when travelling, but not when I am doing art photography/personal projects. The DSLR is better suited for this. I am not travelling a lot at the moment, so I rarely use it. It is still the best camera I have for that purpose, as long as space and weight are at a premium. I used it when I visited a friend in Marseille in August, for example. I just don\'t post my travel photos here very often.
The second part is just that the D3 is much newer, and so more exciting. I suspect that by the time I tire a bit of the D3, the M10 will be out, and it will flip again. Ultimately I am planning on keeping both systems.
I find the M8 much more interesting that any other crop camera, and would never trade it for anything like the NEX. The 1.33x crop is part of this reason, the rest is just consideration of the camera and what I use it for. I would only use a NEX in the same manner as a DSLR, and don\'t see the point for my uses. I can carry my D3, 3 lenses, and a monopod or tripod without problems for much of a day.
