Today’s thoughts

Been out a lot recently with the OM System OM-5 and loved it. Great little (i.e. small) camera and happy with the results.

But yesterday went out with the Leica Q2. Obviously a very different camera at a very different price point, but there was just something about it that meant using it was such a joy.

Have been trying to think what that “something” is. Obviously image quality was great, but I was equally happy with the OM-5 images, so it must be something else.

I was trying to explain this to a friend and the best analogy I could come up with was that a low cost “basic” car will do what you want and get you from A to B. But if you compare it to making the same journey in a top of the range car of the highest quality you would still get from A to B, but the experience of doing so would be so much greater, in terms of comfort, quality of the driving experience, etc, etc.

And, to me, that is what the difference is, The build, the controls, the lens, the images, and in fact everything about the Leica Q2 just screams quality. All that just makes the photographic experience so must better.

I will continue to use both, and both have their place, but the Leica Q2 will hold a “special place in my heart”.