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All that is true. But this isn't about logic or practical thinking. I was on the look for the Digilux 2/DMC LC-1 for months. When it finally arrived (overprised and somewhat outdated) I noticed the drawbacks and my brain went into this retro state.
This is about love. My affair with Leica and rangefinders started with an old screwmount model III. Then I for quite some time had a flirt with SLR cameras like Canon EF and Canon F-1 and Olympus (still have a Olympus OM-4 Ti) but went back to rangefinders and Leica with model M4-P (A Canadian beuty). With this move to M5 I'm just upgrading and getting a inbuilt light meter device. The handcrafted all metal body is solid, you might run out of batteries (once a year or so) and it will still work, the size is about right for my hands (with or without gloves). The sound of the shutter is close to having commondream whispering about love in the night. And in the end, or front rather, there is the lens; a somewhat ugly black 50mm Summicron in good condition is optically the standard to which all other 50mm lenses are compared.
Technically superior if needed; lots of megapixels there, and a wider exposure latitude (is that the correct word? I mean it covers a greater span, from details in the highlights til details in the dark parts).
Then I will of course go digital, it's just a question about time until I'll convert. Digilux 3/LC-2 maybe? Just give me more of those pixels, less noise and I'm sure I'll line up when they reach the stores here.
I have allready said goodbye to the darkroom; I let a little shop here develop my films, then I scan them and the rest is digital. There are rumours about a digital add-on for Leica cameras to be presented either this autumn or next year. There are Epson that allready showed their digital rangefinder and with no doubt I'll find something one of theese days.
In the start as well in the end it is a question of love. Seriously - you work better with a tool you like to handle, a tool that fits your hands and yet appeals to your hart. The feeling of shifting (adjusting ?) focus is now mechanical direct coupled and silk smooth at the same time.
Ah, I think you all understand.
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