X100 for a leica

[jsrockit]

A Leica M body is just an empty box to hold a roll of film an a lens.

Leica would be dead by now if the M was only this...

 

[KevinVH]

I think, you have to put everything on the table for us, to analyse your gear ;-)

Seriously, changing the X100 for another M body, which you will use only for personal shooting and loosing one valuable digital body, that can be readily used for paid work?

The M6 is a grand camera - works with and without batteries and works perfectly well.
Getting a M2 or any other vintage Leica is a luxury, you don't sound like being able to afford (just for GAS ?).

I would look, to have my priorities on the gear, that earn the bills - if the 600 EUR valued X100 is doing that, keep it. If you see another piece of gear filling that hole better, go for that!

Honestly, I could see getting a good second hand Nikon D300/ D7000 or what ever as a much, much better option to switch your X100 into than any vintage Leica body, people will tell you, how great they are.

Do you have a backup body to your D700, that takes the same lenses (and preferably same batteries)? That's, where my money would be - you got the nice M6 and some glass for it already, as I understand.

Good luck with the big change - it sounds like an adventure of a lifetime!
Keep safe and take care (and keep us updated)!

Will do. I have a D700 with most of the Nikon Pro lenses, and a backup D200 body with grip, which takes the same lenses and the same batteries. So my paid work is covered for in terms of digital camera's.

The most important thing that kept me from exchanging the X100 for and M3 of M4 was the fact that I'm moving to a place where it's very hard to come by rolls of film, and developing chemicals. Maybe I'll find some when I get there, but after having someone look for it in the city I'm moving to, and hearing from other guys here that it's VERY hard to find some B&W rolls, let alone the chems needed to develop them myself, I pretty much figure I'll have to buy them online and have them shipped from the USA.

I'll keep you guys updated here, I'm going to sleep now, I'm leaving tomorrow morning for Ecuador, the biggest change in my life.
You can always follow me on my website
www.facesofecuador.com