For all my affection for digital Leicas, and believe me, I’ve used them long enough to know their strengths inside out – the thing I’ve never been able to quite reconcile is this idea that digital is the “convenient” option. On paper, it absolutely should be. You press the shutter, the image appears instantly, and the whole process feels like the pinnacle of photographic efficiency.
But that moment of convenience is built on a surprisingly fragile foundation, and it only takes the slightest shift in reality to reveal how much work goes into making digital feel effortless.
