You buy a Leica for the quality of the images it makes, its ease of use and its reliability.
The following true story is perhaps a better explaination:
Some years ago a wealthy man bought a Stradivarius violin at an auction. He paid a lot of money for the Strad, yet was not a violinist. A person at the auction said, "I guess you are going to put it in a glass case and display it over the mantle." At which point the new owner said, "No, I bought it to play (meaning that he would make the violin available to skilled violinists). "It would be criminal to put this in a glass case and not hear it played." This instrument must be played so people can enjoy the sound that only it can deliver."
Recently, Mr. Irwin Jacobs, the founder of Qualcomm bought a Strad (he paid over a million dollars for it) and he loans it to the concertmaster (first violinist) of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, so the audience can hear this remarkable instrument when the Symphony performs its concerts.
