I have, and use, Nikon, Leica, and Hasselblad cameras. Can I see a difference between the photographs taken from each, probably not. At least not on 8x10 prints.
My Leica is 71 years old. It was refurbished in 2010. The inspiration for that was I found out about the Leica Freedom Train. That was due to the last living relative of Ernst Leitz having passed. My Nikon is 51 years old. It doesn't look brand new but the results are as good as the day I got it. My Hasselblad is 58 years old and does double duty as both a film and digital camera.
I would venture to say that any digital camera would not last those many years and still function as if it were new. Why I chose Nikon for digital work was simple. I already had quite a few Nikkor lenses.
filmstage28 wrote:
what is so special about Leica,, I have seen them for years and really wanted to buy one, instead I went down the Nikon road, I still want to know what so special about the camera it self, great glass, also the Hassbald(sp)It is a 2/14 I think, just curious, the guy who gave a great info about the spiders was amazing, I never new that, as if I know everything.