I hope it is pretty clear to most that only a tiny fraction of people on this earth can cough up the money needed to buy a Leica and a lens, any Leica with any lens. Even if That very well put.Iis would have liked very much to own and use an M11, and even if I might be able to survive the financial challenge, I have made life choices that prohibits me from doing that. Photography has made me many friends, and some of those friends really struggle to survive from one day to another. Helping a few of them to get an education and chase their life goals is to me much more rewarding than the use of any shiny, new camera. So I mostly stay with the cameras I have.
Other people make other choices, and I'm very happy that there are enough of you around to keep a company like Leica alive. The people at Leica need to make a living too, and nobody makes cameras like that without having a passion for photography, for handicraft and technology and for contributing something of lasting value. So to those who can afford it, please help keeping the passion alive, the passion for excellence.