Of course you should use what you prefer to use for yoru purposes - and perhaps you might feel less inclined to stereotype different choices made y different people.
When you lead a statement with a phrase like 'brand ethos' and label all people who choose to use a Leica camera or a Fuji camera as being a certain 'type' of photographer - well what more can I say ? the only reason I point this out is not to have a go at you as a person - but to point out the silliness of any generalisations about people based on thier purchase and use decisions - also reading stuff like this ( and you are not alone) is a bit of a turn off to even come to the forum. Spare time is about fun and sharing - rather than arguing about the merits of someone else's decisions let alone everyone else's decision making process or rationale when it comes to Leica or Fuji or anyone else.
FYI - I shoot Leica/Sony/Fuji and Hasselblad - each has their use and purpose for me - and if forced to choose just one camera /system today it would be Sony -
Again... it wasn’t meant as a personal negative viewpoint or a shot at Leica/Fuji people that clearly a couple people (at least) took it as.
It’s an observation over the years as to the WHY many people choose Leica or Fuji (and yes I was one of them for these same reasons). So in essence I’m including myself to an extent into that observation. Whether it’s the “simplicity” of the system, the film simulations to emulate the fond memories of the film stocks of the past digitally, whether it’s the retro look to the bodies (dials, aperture rings, smaller sized lenses, etc.) that make people have the tactile feeling of the film cameras of old, times firmware updates, or whatever else - that all ties into the “brand ethos” of the aforementioned companies I commented on.
Sony has a “brand ethos” to and it’s very akin to Minolta’s - they’ll try to irrational and off the wall stuff at times but they attempt to be cutting edge for the day. That doesn’t work for everyone and I can understand that but I’m something of a gadget nerd innansense and I like that they do this while I can also appreciate aspects of Leica (specifically the M) and Fuji (new retro cameras) all at the same time.
Now while i can appreciate wanting forums to be 100% positive when they aren’t I personally take time away from them for days, weeks, or even months so that I can personally keep the perceived negativity out my own life. It happens for fans of every and any system and it’s important to note that for a lot of people their perceived negativity can be dorected at a variety of things to include personal user experience which is always the most valuable, company decisions, or yes even critics of another company. As they say though “it’s just the Internet.”
I hope you can understand my viewpoint and if not then no need to further discuss. We can agreed to disagree and that’ll be fine too.