Did you sell a dSLR and buy a Leica?

[Chris101]

No way! Come to think of it, I've never sold any camera or lens. I have had a few die on me though.

 

[tyrone.s]

I bought a DSLR and then I bought a rangefinder, then I bought a Leica IIIf, then I bought a Voigtlander ... then 🙂

I find the DSLR great for its autofocus (but sometimes frustrating for that aswell - if you know what I mean). The DSLR is great for telephotos, great for grab shots of my teaching / students and great for quickly sharing / repurposing of good quality photos into movies and so on. But the Leica and my other rangefinders get at least 50 - 60 % of my use most of the time (and a 100% sometimes).

Having said all of this I did find myself thinking 'why did I buy that DSLR?' when I was in the first throes of rangefinderdom, but I've moved on in my thinking and I'm glad that I kept my Pentax *ist DL. DSLR's are worth nothing 2nd hand anyway and ... well I think you might regret selling it off at some future point - tool for the job and all that.

 

[jools]

Seems we have all been there! I sold M6 some time ago for Canon 1DMkII, then went back to M6, have a FujiS5 which while being superb for portraits just doesn't get as much use as the M6! I have learnt my lesson!

 

[Photon42]

Nope. And no plans to do so. My DSLR is kind of a Swiss Army Knife to me.