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I borrowed/rented a Leica M9 yesterday at the Lincoln Center for Fashion Week. I had the M9 with 21mm 1.4 for about 6 hours, taking it to 2 shows backstage and front row. It totally changed the way I shoot, sometimes for the better but also often for the worse. I didn’t like the secondary viewfinder but also probably just battled with a superwide lens. When the 21mm 1.4  was used properly I loved the results. probablyt after a week of owning this camera and having a greater variety of lenses it would be a spectacular piece of kit. Unfortunately I don’t have $7000 for the body and then $2000 – $5000 per lens.

Electric Zoo is in it’s second year and doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere soon. Unfortunately the photo restrictions were much tighter this year, which did mean that we had less photographers crowding the DJ’s but also meant I got fewer chances for some interesting shots and was forced to stand in the photo pit and hold my camera above my head which I hate doing.