SteveG
pfm Member
We all know the M system is fairly limited in its application, just the physical properties of it make that so - its performance is also to blame. Now that's a good or a bad thing, depending on one's choice of photographic target. For what I've been using mine for (days out, time alone in my favourite places, wandering around town) it's not only wonderful to use, but also inspiring. The 'inspiring' is tricky to explain, but I suppose could be attributed to the feeling of using a camera which such strong links to an illustrious past.
I wonder if it's also that the limitations of the system slow you down, with that having an improvement in your "hit rate" with images captured as you're putting more effort into each shot?
I've got several rangefinders and while I enjoy using them I always gravitate back to an SLR. I expect that's partly because I often shoot wider angles than the rangefinders can cope with without an external viewfinder (which I do have for my 25mm Voigtlander lens). I don't use a 50mm prime much but it is sometimes fun to take a single prime and see what results you can get. In my case that single prime is more often a 24mm though.