That's what I was thinking, laughed out loud when I read the title.

Can confirm after reviewing prices it might just scrape into the “affordable” category if he was referring to real estate 😂

Kidney, leg, Leica. If you have two kidneys or two legs you can technically afford a Leica. What I get from Leica users is that it's totally worth it.

Kai and Leica, muaah!

@@theothertonydutch it’s really not

ducks are waiting 😂

I still have a similar set today

Leica R mount lenses with the official adapter

Anyone knows if one can set in-camera color profiles for the S5 to try to emulate Leica SOOC?

@@mipmipmipmipmip not as far as I know. But you do have Lightroom presets to emulate Leica simulations, which can work well if you shoot RAW

@@vaidehiarts which ones are those?

When you're buying a Leica camera, the best choice you have is not to buy a Leica camera. You're paying for the hipster brand logo, not the specs and not the image quality, those two are non existent in any Leica camera up to date. Leica lenses are top notch but their cameras are just ridiculously overpriced pieces of junk, made for people that have more money than brains and that's coming from someone who was born into a family who owns 4 industrial tool making factories in Germany and Croatia. Leica makes absolutely terrible cameras. Even modern 500 EUR point-and-shoot cameras have more tech in them than any Leica camera up to date and yet these Leica cameras are sold for 5, 6, 7 thousand EUR or much more than that. I mean, Leica is literally selling A FILM CAMERA, yes they are selling A FILM CAMERA for 9,000 EUR! Yeah you heard that right, 9,000 EUR for a FILM CAMERA that cost 80-100 EUR in materials to manufacture! If you are thinking of buying a Leica camera - don't. You will be paying thousands for a camera that handles and performs like a camera from 1950's. Nothing inside and on Leica cameras, is worth that much money. Their cameras should not cost more than 500-1,000 EUR. They just don't have any tech in them to justify those price points.

The SL is perfect for all kinds of MF glass.

So is any other modern camera

Yes, but if you buy a leica, you buy the M series, as the Q and SL are just rebranded panasonics. I mean the Later versions.

Thanks for the info! Would you know how much such a service could cost?

@@williamhindle4366 last I check, a thousand bucks….. sigh

@Apple Pear Good point. I suppose getting a discounted M9 that's already corroded and paying for the service might be the way to go.

@@williamhindle4366 Yep. Or get a late production M-E/M9, which apparently already has the fix built in from the factory. That's what I did, and I haven't had any problems with the glass.

I had one M9 ruined by Kolari, the sensor leads got corroded and received very friendly commiserations by them. Don't recommend.

it's basically a Fuji X100 but from Leica. A friend of mine has one, hope I can try it out at some point!

I just picked up a Leica X about 2wks ago. Beautiful pics it produces.

Where's the logic in that? If resale value goes up then the one he wants to buy will also get more expensive...

@@Ni5ei let’s say he wanted a new m11, that isn’t featured in this video for one, and the prices of those don’t fluctuate like older ones. If he were trying to sell an m8 or m9 for example to finance an m11, that would make perfect sense. But also it’s a joke.

This pretty much, the XE line fills the niche these do for a reasonable price while also being comfortable to use. The XE2(s) has the xtrans 2 sensor for what most people prefer color wise, and (at least for me) the XE4 looks like amazing small camera with a brick/rangefinder styling and all-around good performance for what it is while being cheaper than the X100V and with lens options.

Same here. Besides, the X-Pro 1 sensor is downright magical.

@@krisjustkris3465 that’s the one to own. Just sold off my XT3 and XH1 but the Xpro1 stays. Saving my sheckles for a XH2 or XH2S.

@@rumporridge1 I often think about selling it, since my primary system is Nikon and I plan on moving to sony. There is no point in having 2 systems, but every time I shoot the XPro1 I decide to keep it for a bit more time.

You can apparently even change the corroded sensor glass yourself. There's a guy on reddit that did it.

@@grainynesh6232 yeah, I’ve seen this. I’m not adverse to tinkering ;)

X1 is a fantastic camera and in no terms a poor man’s camera. They still go for $1200+ usd all these years later. Price doesn’t even matter. What matters is that actually all of these years later, the x1 STILL puts out impressive performance. I have an x2 and tl2…love them both!

What about the CL? I think it’s better than the M240.

@@sromrellI was looking at CL’s and ended up just buying a Leica X typ 113. It’s an underdog camera but it takes beautiful pictures.

Stolen? lol

Yeah, getting kind of FED up with all these "affordable" cameras. (That was a joke, because a Fed-2 or Fed-3 is about 50 bucks and actually affordable and they're Leica clones.)

SL2 is so so awesome. Love it so much. Very intuitive and second nature when shooting. Hey! Profoto support has arrived my friend! Cheers 🍻!

Do you love a true rangefinder and manual focusing? If the answer is yes, then the M is what you need.

@@patrickjclarke Yes. that is the question... I feel if I knew the answer the decision would be easy. The trouble is that my experience with range finders is pretty low. I have shot with some film compact ones... but not anything like a leica. But the whole reason I am going to treat myself is to slow down and shoot different from my Sony system. When I adapt some of my glass for my old Nikon FA, or Canon FD lenses I don't have a problem with using zone focusing to meet my needs. It a big jump, and a big commitment though.

I thought the whole idea was to be seen wearing it not take pictures, have a Canikon/Sony/Fugi/Olympus/mobile phone to actually take pictures 😄

You can leave out that XD.

really worth it. I don’t think there are much different between Q and Q2 except the megapixels.

@@AyaLinus I have a Q2, had a Q. The Q is def an awesome cam, but beyond higher res the Q2 has a waaay better EVF, battery and remote connectivity. The ergonomics have been gently proved too

IG that's because of the lens

@@nickdpc and weather sealed!

Ain’t never selling my Q-P

You overpaid for something underperforming.

Not that I've heard.

They are also beautiful cameras. The industrial Art Deco styling is just amazing. But they're not that practical IMHO. I will buy one again, though, that's for sure. The VF is even worse than a Canon P. But, there is a charm that you can't resist.