1963mca

FYI, consider eye surgery. I had cataracts, as well as focus problems, some astigmatism. Could only use my Leica M with a set of glasses over a quarter inch thick, hated the glasses. Even then tough to focus the Lecia. Finally got the surgery, both eyes, with corrective lens implants after cataract removal. A whole new world has opened up. Everything is brighter (whites are white, not muddy brown) and both eyes are now 20/20! Do need reading glasses for very fine print up to about 12" but beyond a foot, everything is clear. What a pleasure to use the RF Leica without glasses! Total cost was less than a new Leica M body, so I don't have to change the system I love along with all my lenses. May not be for everyone but wish I had done it 8 to 10 years ago when vision started getting real bad.

Steamboat

I use and M240 and love it. I want another system that's Auto focus
Not to negative but ....Sony menus simply stink! ..... too many layers.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Would he not still have to manually focus those lenses? I own Leica M series cameras and none of the lenses are auto focus that I am aware of.

Dennis

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

Panasonic G85 or G9

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

It sounds like you need a camera with a good AF system. I have owned Nikon cameras and currently own both the Fuji X-T2 and the Sony A6500. Both are excellent small systems. The Olympus sells several small cameras that are also excellent. You should visit a camera store and try each of these systems.

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

Love my Panasonic focus peaking absolutely amazing

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Not sure about what camera you should get, but I would check to see if the one you like has a "favorites" menu setting. There you can put your most often used settings - and avoid the 100 option search. You set it up once and you're done.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

Go for the G9.

Paul Buckhiester Loc: Columbus, GA USA

If you are willing to forego interchangeable lenses, consider the Canon G1x Mk. III. It has an APS-C sensor.

Steamboat

How about the new Leica CL and an 18 to 56 zoom ?
I haven't seen one, the reviews are great and its a menu and brand that your used to?

I would suspect you don't really need FX sensor?

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

The CL looks very Leica-like! LOL
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1376600-REG/leica_19305_cl_mirrorless_digital_camera.html

yorkiebyte Loc: Scottsdale, AZ/Bandon by the Sea, OR

Yes.... this.

HarryBinNC Loc: Blue Ridge Mtns, No.Carolina, USA

The Df is still a tank compared to the Fujis, and since it is a so-called "Full-Frame" the lenses are bigger and heavier than the eguivalent Fuji lenses. Fuji also offers an adaptor for Leica lenses. And, Fuji offers just about any lens 99% of people need, with the exception of ultra long lenses for birds & African safaris. I have kept a few long Nikkors for the very rare situation where I might need one. I have been shooting with Fujis (and MFTs) for 5 + years, and since getting my XT1, the D800 has been gathering dust.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

I used Leica rangefinders beginning in the early 1970s with a single stroke M3, and eventually had an M5 and an M6, in addition to a CL for my wife. All of the Ms could take a screw in lens on the viewfinder window to correct for vision problems - an early version of the diopter adjustment so common on cameras today. I had one to compensate for near sightedness, and it worked well. I have the impression you could get 'em custom made for astigmatism and other corrections besides simple diopter adjustments, although I never explored that in detail.

So if the camera kit you now have is doing what you want in a way you're comfortable with, except for ease-of-focus issues, you might explore a way to just fix the focus problem before trying to find a completely different system that does what you want. NO current camera will give you the what's-outside-the-frame view that an M viewfinder does, for example. And no currently made camera will give you the precision-mechanism feel that you get with Leitz rangefinder bodies and lenses (except current Leitz rangefinders, of course.)

Nor will you get the confidence-with-speed of precise focus you have with a Leitz rangefinder spot (if you can see it clearly) - the closest I ever got with an SLR was using split image focusing screens that you could put in some (but not all) Nikon cameras, but I don't think those are available on current products, and any that do take 'em will be large and heavy bodies. I've got mirrorless digital cameras with "focus peaking" features, and they're nothing like a rangefinder in terms of precision and speed, at least in my experience. That said, I have tens of thousands of properly focused images taken with autofocusing Nikon and other cameras over the past 30+ years, and personally would not go back to manual focus unless forced to. But I DID have to learn how to use each camera's system if I wanted to get the most out of its capabilities.

So I'd suggest looking for a way to fix the focus problem on your current camera body - even if it takes an expensive correction lens it will be cheaper than switching to a new system, and you won't have ANY new procedures to learn and remember.

Edited to add: I was curious enough to do a search, and found this link in about 1 second - http://walterrxeyepiece.com/camera/leica-m6/gallery-leica-m6/ . Not cheap, but if astigmatism correction is all you need (I assume diopter correction can be built into the lens, if appropriate) this looks like a pretty simple way to keep using the camera system you have.

timcc Loc: Virginia

Sony does have an extensive menu system, but once you decide which settings you are likely to adjust while shooting, you just assign them to the customizable buttons or to the quick function menu on the back.

Combined with the existing wheels and buttons for ISO, aperture, and shutter speed, this makes priority and manual shooting fast and simple.

I almost never go into the full menu on my a6000, except for the occasional format or sensor-cleaning functions.