Give or take specific assignments (eg a close up of the craters on the moon, or underwater photography) the majority of cameras can turn their hand to the majority of tasks.
Is it easier to shoot (say) your kid running in the school race with a camera that has superb tracking AF? Possibly. Is it equally possible to make that shot with a manual focus camera, a preset focus area and sense of anticipation? Definitely.
At the end of the day if the Mums and Dads that took their cameras to the school sports day come home with shots they're happy with then everybody wins. (Even if their kids didn't !!!!)
The cameras we buy and the way we use them is pretty personal, and seldom reflected in the end result (in that someone else with a different camera and different way of working is just as likely to get 'the shot' as
you are)
There's a learning curve whenever we get a new brand or type of camera. There's often a learning curve with the PP when we upgrade to a newer version of the camera we already had.
Before we learn something new it seems complicated, after we learn it, it seems simple.
Each of us has a difference tolerance to complication, for example some people who can write code for unix might struggle to use the GUI of windows or navigate the sky box
Things only seem simple because we know how to do them.
Leica are in a position that they can make the products they want and that their users expect. Canikon/Sonuji
etc have to make products that appeal to a far wider user base, therefore their cameras have more features.... I'm fairly sure that if the next Sony A7 hit the stores with only basic exposure controls, a 10 item menu list and no AF then more people would be disappointed than pleased.
Nice images, IMO #2 FTW - the way the flare is works very well, although the use of lines and diagonals in #3 is very nice
