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I totally agree with Miro about rangefinders and 'extreme' lenses.
I'm not quite sure what you guys are getting at with this
I've never used a Leica but I'd have assumed the rangefinder focusing would be completely independent of the lens mounted on it?
And even on an SLR, wouldn't an extreme aperture lens like 0.95 provide a nice bright viewfinder when focusing?
I fully expect to be missing something here though.
Vesalius
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I totally agree with Miro about rangefinders and 'extreme' lenses.
The 50mm Summicron is a venerable lens on any of the film or digital M's.
I'd ask what type of photography mostly floats your boat though?
If street, reportage, documentary is your thing they're hard to top but if you like dong anything in the studio they can be limited.
The Sony A7R2 is amazing, brilliant in fact with the lens you sadly sold:( I've used it on location and in the studio and been really impressed with it even against MF dig files (Pentax 645D). The fact that it also does pretty seriously good 4K video too is an impressive bonus:)
Alternatively, I've used M8's and M9's on and off for a long time and they are cameras that just make you want to take pictures, just like my old M6 and Tri-X always did:-)
What you most like taking pictures of (and if you make any money from it) should be the biggest influence.
Like you said I guess, Head says Sony, heart says Leica...
Shit... I've been useless haven't I!
Sorry:D