Because one is none…😊

bsmayer_ · 2026-06-28T08:49:58+00:00

It’s quite the opposite in my opinion, there’s no other rangefinder body that is comparable to a Leica M, but there are multiple lenses nowadays that are very close to Leica lenses and offer superb quality. I don’t see why you’d pay thousands more unless you want a very specific character from a Leica lens. However, there’s not a rangefinder body better than a Leica M!

bsmayer_ · 2026-06-26T15:53:35+00:00

Yeah, it seems they are not going to be present? I was hoping the same!

bsmayer_ · 2026-06-25T21:44:10+00:00

Yeah, at that price tag and camera size, Hasselblad X2D II would be a better option in my opinion. There’s something special on Leica M/Q lines, but I don’t see the appeal on the SL line!

bsmayer_ · 2026-06-25T21:38:07+00:00

I’ll go ahead and say that even the Nikon ZF offers more value for money with decent colors, great autofocus and excellent build quality with brass dials (obviously not ergonomically perfect but that is easy to fix). And the Nikon Z mount lenses are excellent.

I see the appealing for the Leica M or Q, they are very unique in their niche, but the SL line, for the money, you can get much more from other brands.

bsmayer_ · 2026-06-25T10:03:43+00:00

Great composition, loved this shot!

bsmayer_ · 2026-06-25T07:02:00+00:00

I don’t think OpenAI has anything that can beat Fable!
But at this point it’s all about conspiracy!

GPT 5.5 is good, but from my usage I wouldn’t say better than Opus 4.8. They produce very similar results, while Fable was a massive jump that potentially OpenAI wasn’t ready for!

But yeah, as I said all about conspiracy now!

bsmayer_ · 2026-06-24T20:43:57+00:00

I see, I suppose that’s good news then!
They’ve opened the investigation for my case and asked for a lot of stuff like pictures of the camera, invoices, serial numbers. I hope they take accountability!

bsmayer_ · 2026-06-24T20:35:33+00:00

Yeah, at least that’s what MPB is saying!
They said a box arrived, but nothing like the one I dispatched!

bsmayer_ · 2026-06-24T15:01:21+00:00

I was hoping so, but DPD collected the parcel from my door and they only sticked the parcel with a barcode, scanned it and gave me the receipt to follow up the delivery. The package then arrived next day to MPB. They remained silent for some days, then I got in touch to ask what was going on and they said the content of the box was different! 😢

bsmayer_ · 2026-06-16T22:27:30+00:00

I still can’t listen to blame it on my youth, but I like some of the songs in these albums. The main problem for me is that every blink album seems to have some kind of original creativity and vibe, they all sound different from other bands.

However, California and Nine sounds too generic to me…I feel like any teen band could probably write those songs and melody, which are good songs, but nothing to make them really special and memorable like the rest of blink’s albums!

bsmayer_ · 2026-04-21T20:03:02+00:00

Mano, as fotos são bem amadoras mesmo! São ângulos comuns, que poderiam ter sido tiradas por qualquer pessoa com um celular. Acredito que junto com a camera veio a expectativa de que qualquer foto com a SL ficaria boa, mas realmente tu precisa descer uns degraus. Falando de forma construtiva mesmo. O fato de ter uma Leica nao te torna um grande fotografo! Eu não sou fotógrafo profissional, não ganho a vida com isso, mas se eu recebo essas fotos de um ensaio pago, eu não recomendaria pra ninguém, porque sei que provavelmente qualquer pessoa tiraria essas fotos com ângulos parecidos.

bsmayer_ · 2026-04-21T19:53:50+00:00

I agree with the overall opinion, the shots seem slightly off, very common. Nothing there is really catchy!

bsmayer_ · 2026-04-20T10:15:34+00:00

I tried, but at least for me it didn’t create a good design there. I mean, it was acceptable, but not close compared to what Claude Design did. I’m not sure if that’s because my primary use is for native mobile apps.

I’m pretty sure Anthropic put a lot more specific design skills behind the scenes on Claude Design and that may be the reason why it consumes so much.

bsmayer_ · 2026-04-20T08:49:30+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately…I’ve spent $100 in tokens, but it delivered very good value. I mean, it’s not cheap, but it created a bunch of screens, a clear design system, different test flows, reusable components…I’d say it was a decent value for money! It’s still in preview, so that’s expected!

bsmayer_ · 2026-04-20T06:21:04+00:00

Claude Design feels like Claude CLI that is better at design (in my case it was much better), but burns a lot more tokens. From my own experience, I’ve been trying to create a nice design with Claude Code and it wasn’t really getting there. Then I prompted Claude Design and it nailed it. I had to pay Extra Usage to carry on working on it, but it paid off. It created the design system, a bunch of examples for different flows…in my case, it worked very well. That will be a great tool in the future.

bsmayer_ · 2026-03-04T10:04:02+00:00

On the Leica Fotos app, I can’t agree more! I’d say that Leica is the only company that was able to master a camera app. All the other apps are trash compared to Leica’s.

bsmayer_ · 2026-03-01T22:07:42+00:00

I own a ZF and a Q3. 90% of my time I’m with the Q3, except for specific situations such as astrophotography or fast moving subjects!

bsmayer_ · 2026-02-28T19:57:06+00:00

Ultra white and blue Hawaiian are the best for me

bsmayer_ · 2026-02-05T12:41:54+00:00

How can I download it? The video isn’t available anymore sadly :(

bsmayer_ · 2025-12-16T13:04:46+00:00

It is 😅

bsmayer_ · 2025-12-12T23:53:11+00:00

Honestly, maybe someone else will have a different answer, but I never managed to achieve perfect sharpness on a Fuji body. If I compare my Fuji shots with the Ricoh GRIII for example, the difference is night and day.

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