I'm genuinely worried about them as I don't think MFT will survive past a few years. I thought the Panny-Oly strategic partnership will continue.
It very well may not, and Oly will retreat to scientific optics where they've always had a good presence as well. In my humble opinion, m4/3 dying will have a very small ripple on the photographic world.
This is why I want one over the A7III, that thing is a fucking power house and only a few hundred more and I actually have a Sony ecosystem so I'm set. My biggest problem was paying a ton of money for a body I have no lenses for, now I'm set.
Let me shout this from the rafters from the umpteenth time.
Pray to whatever god you believe in that you aren't into luxury watches...or high end audio, both of which I'm into.
have you heard about our lord and saviour limited edition nike sneakers?
oh yeah, different strokes...i live in NYC....whenever I pass by Broadway and see the huge lines outside of sneaker stores I shake my head and walk on by.
Cameras and games and anime, with camera stuff being prioritized.
I don't know what the Leica demographic really is to be honest. It's not a photojournalists camera, it's great for street photography, but professional street photographers. I get it's "photography purity" but that price range is fucking stupid.
The Missus is very kind to me if I obey the laws of financial responsibility.
Basically the same way I want a Land Rover Defender when I already have an extremely capable Jeep Wrangler because GODDAMN those Defenders are something special.
They're great looking cameras that I could never justify purchasing. That Q2 is the same price as a GFX50R or used 50S. I could get a Sony 135GM and A7RIII for less, I could get a 24-70GM and a second body. There's so much more I could buy at that price that would actually aid my event photography.
Sure, but the pixie dust of magic isn't the same with these. ;-)
My job doesn't pay me to photograph their events with elitist pixie dust. Unless this thing has top of the line high iso and the fastest AF it's just a status symbol and yeah I completely acknowledge that a lot of great photographers have owned Leica's, but I don't care. Anybody that tells me "you're not a photographer unless you own a Leica" can eat my shit.
I've never heard this tbh. Is this really a thing? I always had the impression that Leica users were infamous for being rich photo layman.
The price of the Q2 seems pretty good for what it is. 47mp, weather sealing, 28mm Summilux, compact size, etc. It's closest competition is the Sony RX1R line that can barely turn on without overheating. No one here has said "you're not a photographer unless you own a Leica".
That's an internet meme from people with weird hatred of the brand. "Rich photo laymen" buy stuff like the latest Canon with kit lens, not a manual focus-only rangefinder from a niche company lol.
I haven't heard it personally, but it seems like some people would think that over the allure of the brand.
Yeah it's pretty much in RX1R territory, which is a cool camera, but if it's that bad and if it's the only camera with the only lens I'd ever want to use I'd get it over the RX1R. The Leica brand or at least their fanbase just seems to rub me the wrong way like how Nintendo's fanbase rubs me the wrong way.
This is true. Full frame Canon with kit lens in Auto mode is a classic at every tourist photo location.
I think you're fine, you're not obnoxious about anything.
You know somebody is on auto when they're photographing a building with the pop up flash up. I always walk passed them like:
I know some serious artist that is living in South Africa now that shoots the most amazing landscapes with a humble Nikon D750. But the glass is of course a little bit more sophisticated. I mean expensive pots don't make a good meal by themselves.
7R301219 by Scott Tucker, on Flickr
People like these I'm perfectly fine with. I guess I've just ran across a small amount of obnoxious opinions and thought that was...all Leica owners.
Yeah, again looking at the test images I linked earlier, in a blind test I would never suspect those came from a Leica versus anything else.
IMO the whole "Leica look" thing comes from the film days. These days all cameras carry the more or less the same sensor and look very similar in comparison, so one can't tell what camera or lens produced what. Unless the lens in question is like a Noctilux.
That's exactly what I used during my time in Asia. Enjoy!
Is that your pic? I was like, I know I've seen that on Reddit before...
Not sure I'd go THAT far...I've got a very sensitive palate, so tastings are one of my pleasures. I understand how people without a palate like that would doubt I can discern the minutiae that I can, maybe Leica shooters just have sensitive aesthetic palates!
