richard_barry6

<p>I've become increasingly unnerved with the limitless possibilities available on full frame digital SLRs like my 5D & find I waste too much time on switching lenses, altering settings & mucking around in post-production rather than concentrating on taking the actual shot. I'm also finding it too tiresome lugging everything around & it's taking my passion's allure away from me.<br /><br /><strong>In short I want to get back to the roots, have something smart & compact that can allow me to focus on taking great pictures.</strong> I've come to this realisation as some of the better shots I've taken lately have been on my iphone & it's just so user friendly to whip it out & snap something straight away.<br /><br />I love film but have no experience whatsoever in it plus have no access to a darkroom or anything similar but I love the effect film bestows an image. I'm thinking that a <strong>Leica</strong> might be the way to go but I know nothing of them so would love to hear people's views. It should be noted, although not my primary job, I do get called upon for commercial projects on occasion so if I'm to sell all my Canon equipment I will need something that can stand up to this task if required.<br /><br />To give you an idea of the kinds of photos I like to take you can see some of my previous ones here:<a href="http://richardbarryphotography.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://richardbarryphotography.tumblr.com/</a></p>

<p>I've become increasingly unnerved with the limitless possibilities available on full frame digital SLRs like my 5D & find I waste too much time on switching lenses, altering settings & mucking around in post-production rather than concentrating on taking the actual shot. I'm also finding it too tiresome lugging everything around & it's taking my passion's allure away from me.<br /><br /><strong>In short I want to get back to the roots, have something smart & compact that can allow me to focus on taking great pictures.</strong> I've come to this realisation as some of the better shots I've taken lately have been on my iphone & it's just so user friendly to whip it out & snap something straight away.<br /><br />I love film but have no experience whatsoever in it plus have no access to a darkroom or anything similar but I love the effect film bestows an image. I'm thinking that a <strong>Leica</strong> might be the way to go but I know nothing of them so would love to hear people's views. It should be noted, although not my primary job, I do get called upon for commercial projects on occasion so if I'm to sell all my Canon equipment I will need something that can stand up to this task if required.<br /><br />To give you an idea of the kinds of photos I like to take you can see some of my previous ones here: http://richardbarryphotography.tumblr.com/<br /><br /><br />Cheers!</p>