The start of wonderful relationship? I don’t know but I am certainly infatuated. Have the stars aligned – Black Friday, early Christmas present or months of planning? Probably a bit of all of them. I’ve splashed the cash and bought myself a new camera – a Sony A7CR. Today I feel like I have come home to a form factor that suits me best.

Of course there are many things I still need to set up as well as learn about the characteristics of camera which will no doubt change my view of the camera. The one thing I can say for definite is that, for me, the shorter Zeiss Batis lens fit the camera perfectly. I have watched several YouTube videos about the latest Leica Q3 43. Most of the reviewers seem to have an insane devotion to this camera, as well as its sister the Q3. Now I have no idea whether this is warranted but I am starting to have same feelings about the CR and the Batis 40mm. Of course this could be dismissed as an old man’s folly and it may well prove to be that. I hope not but I cannot discount the possibility.

One final thought. I have been able to build up my entire Batis collection as well as the new camera body for less than the cost of the Q3. Does this matter? At one level clearly the answer is no. A photographer uses the best tools available to them and cost shouldn’t matter. But cost does matter to most of us. It has taken me four years to build up my lens collection and now it feels like the CR was the last piece in a puzzle I didn’t even know I was trying to work my way through.

Oh I do hope I feel so positive in six months time.