2023 Leica Q2 Monochrom

I am now back to a Leica Q2, this time the Monochrom version. This is now my daily carry. There are significant differences from my previous Sony A7CR with a full frame 61-megapixel color sensor.  The Q2M offers photographic purity by utilizing a dedicated 47.3-megapixel black and white full frame sensor that completely omits the traditional color filter array. Because the sensor captures raw light directly, every single pixel records pure luminance, resulting in extraordinary edge to edge sharpness. This choice also dramatically boosts low light performance allow exceptionally high ISO level with minimal digital noise

This is my all time favorite 35mm film camera. The various versions of the Nikon F2 were the world's top professional 35mm film SLRs from 1971 through 1980, and, according to some people, the top 35mm SLR of all time. Nikon F2 was the king of newspaper and magazine photography of the 1970s. Its development was partly fueled by cameras developed for NASA's Apollo and SkyLab missions.  The Nikon F2 is an extraordinarily well-made all-mechanical SLR. It's a tank compared to modern mirrorless cameras' lightweight designs.

Shooting film is a serious challenge, unlike digital photography. Every time you push the shutter button it costs money in film processing, and scanning. Film has far less forgiveness technically, which requires you to be exact on your exposures, compositions and film type selection. I find occasionally shooting film, makes me a better digital photographer.