How the Leica Saves Me Thousands $$!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2023
- Splurge to Save? Counterintuitive to think Leica can save you money. Is it true? Join me as I unpack money with my Leica M.
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I am really enjoying your content. Thanks.
I feel the same way. I picked up the M11 with a 35mm Cron and 50mm Rit. I almost have totally forgotten the other cameras I own. I am absolutely in love with this thing. The only other camera that still puts a smile on my face is my Nikon D700. It is a magical camera with a wonderful sensor. Great video and glad I found your channel.
Best advice I have heard in a long time. Thank you for posting
This is mental gymnastics at the world championship level. GAS will always win and there’s no “definitive camera”.
I went through several generations of omd em1, and now om1, with all original lenses that cover from 14 to 420mm focal length. It is probably still cheaper than Leica m11 without lens. And I have tons on fun with both Olympus, Fujifilm GFX, Mamiya C330 for film. This is probably close to M11 + one good lens. :)
Another straight up no BS video from you Jay.... Your philosophy insures a true return on investment. When you get to the Leica level, it comes with a commitment. I too have a M11M and feel very settled there as well.
Love my Q2Mono, save for the fixed lens. I think I'll always keep it, though I may add around it. Saving up to move into the M system as you have. Fingers crossed! Great vid - thanks!
Good stuff here Jay, I agree with you completely. 👍🏼👍🏼
Your journey closely mirrors my own, and now I have the M10-P I know I'm not going to be chasing fads. Good video.
great message, keep this up. it’s so needed in the photography youtube community.
Hi Jay, I liked your points. I recently bought the m10 and the new close focus 35mm 1.4 Lux and went through a similar thought process you did. Perfect camera for me. Photography is so fun with this rangefinder and lens. I don’t need more than 24 megapixels. Weather sealing would be cool on the m cameras and lenses in the future. Cool video. Thanks.
I've always considered Leica an extravagant lifestyle halo camera (halo from the past film era cameras) that commands a premium just because of the Leica brand. It's similar to premium high-fashion clothes, which doesn't always imply quality is worth the price. It differs from the Fujifilm medium format camera in that no other brand delivers the features that it does. Medium format, 16-bit raw, IBIS, and video.
Thanks for sharing this and I like your goal of not getting another lens until after a year. The M11 is a great camera especially paired with the 35mm. For me, an amateur shooter with no income from shooting professionally, makes it hard to justify owning one but I do chase for one. However, if i do get one, I will follow the same path and commit to one lens for a year before looking at another.
Agreed about buying it instead of trying to find some "reasonable sub" thought, especially in this camera world. I purchased the Q3 this May, and I find it most like my "ultimate camera," well, at least one of my "ultimate." after 4 months of using it, I still haven't found any reason to replace it. It's totally a different story when I'm with a7r2, z62, or even a1. I shoot much more than before; sometimes, I just walk around with it, and I'd like to. I still remember when I used a1 along with my 2470gm. I even had to fight myself to get out of my sofa.
Just wait for M12, LOL GAS is not something that can be fixed by buying more stuff :)
I helped my sister move and we got to her place very late. I stopped by a local shop and got cheap paper towels. When I dried my hands I needed a few of those so it wouldn’t fall apart. Next day I got Bounty and one half sheet I could used a few times over.
I like how leica works it looks so good. Keep up the good work 👍🏾
I really dig your channel and energy and agree with what you said. I myself purchased a Black Bay Tudor in replacement for the Rolex, and I never wear it, however had I got the submariner, I know I’d be wearing it all the time..and long term..want the Sub anyway..spending more money..totally get it. I own 5 Leica cameras because I see the value in them. I don’t ever see myself purchasing a camera for photography after that.
Sound advice, but let me add two things. I’m a fashion/beauty photographer for around 35 years now and based in Switzerland. My personal gear always included a Leica M and I prefer to buy pre-owned. After the first hit of buying new, Leicas depreciate very slowly. Some models even almost not. I sold my Leica film cameras always at a higher price than my pre-owned purchase price. No other camera I’ve had, came close to that slow depreciation. I now own an M7 and M10-R and when visiting the Leica store, the trade-in value of the M10-R was the price I paid for it 2 years ago. The M7 was even €1500 above what I paid 10 years ago. My advice: buy pre-owned, treat it well and only trade-up when you really want to.
This hits home with me. I have a box of cameras and lenses, film and then digital going back to when 1.2 MP was considered solid and a 128MB memory card was the largest on the market. I got burned by the horrible menus on an Olympus OM. I lost that camera on a vacation and I never regretted losing it.I only ever used it in full auto because the of horrible menu system. I then bought a Leica and I use it because it operates like a film camera, and a 2006 5mp Kodak that I use because the menu is a dream to operate. As of last year, I am done with camera chasing.