Me at Photoplus Expo 2009, holding some ridiculously expensive equipments. On the left (or top if your screen is kind of smallish) is a Leica S2 with a Summarit 70mm f2.5 lens. On the right (or bottom) is a Leica M9 with some astronomically priced lens.
UPDATE: There is of course, some interest in the S2 ... I was so enthralled by the mere experience of holding a Leica that costs more than my car so I didn't even notice anything. Later I read it has some one single AF point. Yes, you read it right, one, so you won't pick the wrong AF point by mistake. I think that's kind of neat. I did remember in the sub par lighting condition that's the expo, the AF wasn't doing its job with any more conviction than my Canon P&S. Actually I wonder why they bother AF at all, why not just manual focus, I don't think people are going to shoot formula I with an S2. As to the M9. It's hefty, more than I imagined it would be, the S2 on the other hand doesn't weigh as massive as it looks, so I don't know. Leica is a brand that is pretty much impervious to negative reviews, plus I guess it really has its merits even most (sorry if you can afford one I don't mean to be offensive) people can't afford one. So what does it really matter? If you like it and can afford one, go ahead buy one and call it a day.
Note: For the fashionista, more utilitarian actually, out there, that's a Uniqlo +J jacket by the purity obsessed Jil Sander as worn here over a 100 years old gray pocket Gap T-shirt. The jeans was a pair of originally unwashed shrink-to-fit Levi's 501, look what I did to it, it's on the verge of disintegrating and falling apart. Clear Freeway frame by Shuron USA. Messenger bag is a Coach. Not seen are brown Blundstones boots and lime green American Apparel brief. The hairs, on top of my head and on my face, are all mine. I finally relented and bought myself a Dovo straight razor, beard, here I come.
