In mirrorless and prosumers you look at the monitor instead. In DSLR, you look into the viewfinder and see the exact image to be taken. Most cameras available around are DSLR, mirrorless, or prosumers. In other words, carrying a modern Leica, to some people, is merely showing off their wealth.Īnother reason of too few people use Leica is the rangefinder system. Really not many buyers are willing to pay that much for just a body. Even if you are looking for the most affordable one, M-E, it still costs £4000. Yes WITHOUT a monitor, asking for £12000 for a set. What is more, in Photokina 2014 Leica has released a limited edition of camera which has no monitor. £5000? What? How come a camera can cost this much? And this price is just for the body itself! Take a look at the price of the latest M camera, M-P. Just look at the price tag of any modern Leica camera, say M240, and you will immediately see what I mean. What makes Leica so rare? One reason is obvious. What is the odd of finding a person using Leica? Maybe 1 in 100? Even less? Just randomly pick someone carrying a camera of all sorts on the street, you will most probably find a Nikon or Canon, sometimes Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus, or Panasonic, occasionally Pentax and Casio. If you have been a while in the field, you must have heard the name. But we have visited a place where no normal tourists would consider – Leitz Park, the Leica headquarters. We went to Munich, Frankfurt, and Berlin and have been to many tourist sites, and even the home stadium of FC Bayern. In early October Cynthia and I spent my birthday week in Germany.

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