nightfly
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As I was heading into the city on Saturday to do some street shooting with my GRD3, I was listening to an old On Taking Pictures podcast (#78 from October 22, 2013) and Bill Wadman was talking about how as much as he liked the image quality of the Fuji X100, he still felt like it didn't live up to his expectations of wanting a camera "that doesn't feel like a computer between you and taking the pictures".
Went through my day and got my shots (was shooting for a client) although was a bit angry that the GRD kept freezing up so that it would turn off and try to close itself but couldn't (I guess due to the cold) and then I'd go to shoot and not realize it was off and miss a shot.
It got me thinking that I'd really like a digital camera that was closer to my Leica M4-P. Basically, I could set everything with dedicated dials and just pick it up and shoot quickly with no more futzing. The GRD is good but in truth it still feels like shooting with a computer.
Which made me start thinking about a used M9, as much as I don't really want to spend $4K. Does anything else do this? In Bill Wadmans' words "not feel like a computer between you and taking the picture". Hell I've never used a digital M, does the digital M even do this?
Went through my day and got my shots (was shooting for a client) although was a bit angry that the GRD kept freezing up so that it would turn off and try to close itself but couldn't (I guess due to the cold) and then I'd go to shoot and not realize it was off and miss a shot.
It got me thinking that I'd really like a digital camera that was closer to my Leica M4-P. Basically, I could set everything with dedicated dials and just pick it up and shoot quickly with no more futzing. The GRD is good but in truth it still feels like shooting with a computer.
Which made me start thinking about a used M9, as much as I don't really want to spend $4K. Does anything else do this? In Bill Wadmans' words "not feel like a computer between you and taking the picture". Hell I've never used a digital M, does the digital M even do this?