Beautiful camera, no question. But in the digital age I'm really wondering if this is anything else than just a pure luxury product.
In the analog age I would've really thought about buying one of these. A camera for your lifetime, good investment into nice optics.
But today this is different. Here, it's not just the film material that gets better but the whole camera (the sensor). The value of this device will degrade much quicker in the digital age.
Don't get me wrong, I really like Leica. Never owned one, would like to, but it just doesn't make any sense to me today.
You obviously haven't priced Leicas on Ebay. I've had two Panasonic Lumix, and based on the images their Leica lenses can produce, I've begun to lust after a used Leica. They hold their values very well, so I might have to save up for a while.
Leica is innovative in one way I wish others would emulate... I can send them my M8 (Previous model)... and they will upgrade it to an 8.2 by disassembling it and installing the upgraded parts... How many other manufacturers do that?...
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Beautiful camera, no question. But in the digital age I'm really wondering if this is anything else than just a pure luxury product.
In the analog age I would've really thought about buying one of these. A camera for your lifetime, good investment into nice optics.
But today this is different. Here, it's not just the film material that gets better but the whole camera (the sensor). The value of this device will degrade much quicker in the digital age.
Don't get me wrong, I really like Leica. Never owned one, would like to, but it just doesn't make any sense to me today.
> ...The value of this device will degrade much quicker in the digital age....
That's a key point.
The only thing this camera has going for it is the historically-important name and the lens.
And you can get Leica lenses on other cameras like, say, from Panasonic.
But the CAMERA part of the camera is literally not worth the extra bucks.
@ Freakin ljit
You obviously haven't priced Leicas on Ebay. I've had two Panasonic Lumix, and based on the images their Leica lenses can produce, I've begun to lust after a used Leica. They hold their values very well, so I might have to save up for a while.
Leica is innovative in one way I wish others would emulate... I can send them my M8 (Previous model)... and they will upgrade it to an 8.2 by disassembling it and installing the upgraded parts... How many other manufacturers do that?...