Godfrey
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Whatever works for you is best.Ironically that sort of why I got rid of my M. Great body to work with within the strengths of the system (focal lengths from 24-90mm) but once you need to do more outside of that there are other choices that are more befitting. Mirrorless or DSLR are your main choices to fill the needs.
I chose mirrorless for the ability to have more capable sensors than Leica currently offers and flexibility to mount the lenses I choose so that I'm not tied to Canon/Nikon exclusively. Yes I could've gone Micro 4/3 but as the saying goes - been there, done that, got the t-shirt, and moved on to Full Frame sensors only.
The Leica M-P allows me to use my Nikon (or Leica R) lenses when I want to do macro or other work outside the range of Leica M lenses (copy work, long tele work, etc). And when I want a more automation oriented solution, I have my Olympus E-M1 system with lenses from 20mm to 600mm EFOV available with full automation, image stabilization, WiFi remote control, full-function wired tethering, etc.
No one system does everything best. For me, the complementary nature of the Leica M-P and the Olympus E-M1 work very well for the majoriy of what I want to do.
If I want a FF DSLR for fast sports work with a long lens, well, I have all the lenses (for use with my F6, 18mm to 800mm) and just rent the appropriate Nikon DSLR body du jour.
I simply wasn't happy working with the Sony A7 system. It didn't do what I wanted as well as the M-P does for full frame, and felt crude and annoying to me, compared to the E-M1. That said, I found it quite capable of producing very high quality photos and don't want to be thought of as disparaging it ... It just wasn't right for me.
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