Ah, I forgot about the unquantifiable, undefendable Medium Format magic. "MF just looks better", right! BS.
(...) Again, just my opinion.
Try out and see for yourself.
The "magic" is there - even if you dont see it, the file flexibility is huge. humongus. I can now, with my S2, recover from highlights which are blown beyond recovery with a D800. I can pull stuff from shadows that I cant believe they are there.
I tried to convinced myself that a D800E and a few lenses is all I needed. And truth to be told, they are. I tried it and then a Leica S2.
The difference is abysmal. The Leica files are a natural "sucessor" to the M9 ( which I also own ). They require much, but much less post processing than a D800. If you get everything right, just a few moments in Lightroom to make a grand picture. Not so with the D800 - it can make a compeling competitor, but many hours have to be spent to get that "pop" in Photoshop with layers, masks and this and that.
Magic ? Well, the S lens are just magical to me : their bokeh, their sharpness, they are great. Shoot my S2 side by side with a D800E with a 85 1.4 and you can't get there. Really cant. Close ? yes, Nikon it is close : but just not there.
So after having the blessing of the wife, reading as much as I can, I plunged in a great deal for a Leica S2. Yes, I could have got a brand spanking new D800E with great Zeiss and Nikon less for less than half the money.
But I see the magic
Its there, trust me
oh and try to pay attention to Marc ( fotografz ) ; apart from being a fantastic photographer, I think its the first person on internet forums I think of when I see a post "oh which Hasselblad XXX is better ??". He simply used them all. Experience first hands with a product is much different than reading stuff on the web and seeing scaled down jpegs