When one is slowly freezing I find strange things enter my head. This morning a question that my ever perceptive wife asked me came to the fore. “What’s so great about a Leica camera?” This was was prompted by me watching a number of reviews/love ins for Leica cameras on YouTube. I wasn’t able to answer that question other than the reviewers are rich. Over the years I have found that cameras are cameras. They have improved in almost every aspect over the last few years. This in no small part is driven by the ever presence of smartphones. In short today’s camera packs a huge bang for their buck. I should know I’ve just bought one.

Is my camera as good as or better than a Leica? I haven’t got the first clue and I don’t really care. If someone can afford to pay double the price of my camera for the Leica experience. I wish them the best of luck. I just doubt the images I would make using a Leica would be any better than those I make now. I could be wrong but I doubt I will ever be able to test this theory.

The one thing I do know. Whatever camera I used this morning wouldn’t have stopped my fingers freezing.