In digital photography, the camera body, which contains a sensor instead of a film, has become more important. The same is true for RAW shooting.
However, I think it is the lens that determines how the light is captured that is affected by the brushstrokes and direction of the photographic expression.
In fact, the first Leica I ever got myself was a lens, not a camera.
This is the Apo-Summicron M F2/50mm ASPH.
When you look through the viewfinder, you are in a different world. It was different from any other lens I've ever used, and it gave a picture that I wanted to describe as "photographic" and emotional.
The Apo-Summicron M f/2/50mm ASPH. is a special lens among Leica lenses, but I think it is basically a model that takes the aesthetics of most Leica lenses to the limit.
The combination of resolution and bokeh gives a three-dimensional feel that is almost touchable. Rich tonal expression with a focus on the depiction of dark areas without blackness. I have the impression that the image is close to my own eyes, because it captures them in their life-size form without deforming them.
And many Leica lenses are compact. I think that's another point where I can handle it with a sense that's close to my own eyes. Of course, the limitation is that it can only be used with manual focus.
The sticky white depiction when combined with the Sony α7s is also different from the beauty of the Leica body.
The first generation α7s, with its excellent sensor for tonal expression, has a charm that will never fade.
