[Leica] M9 thoughts!

[Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)]

Also, since the M9 sensor is a development of the M8 sensor with  
identical pixel pitch, a 1.33 central crop from a M9 file should be  
pretty well a M8 file. A comparison will be interesting! What is the  
gain in the new sensor filters.
I can imagine the forum messages now, the M9 filter compromises the  
image quality, Leica sacrifice performance for convenience etc., etc..
;-)
Frank, who feels mischievous this morning.

On 11 Sep, 2009, at 09:06, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Hiya Dr Ted. Actually the LUG is really paying little attention  
> beyond a
> handful of people which surprises me (I'm a known enthusiast of  
> course).  I
> have been posting links to offer information to anyone interested. I  
> would
> think that we've seen many more posts on say new Mac computers than  
> on the
> new Leicas. But this really reflects what people want out of the LUG
> naturally, we have long not been exclusively Leica as anyone who has  
> been
> around a long time knows much better than I. I'm just a newcomer  
> over a
> couple of years as you know.
> You are correct that the LUG is not on Solms radar at all, I can  
> confirm
> that from blank stares during my visit. The L Camera Forum certainly  
> is (and
> some senior Leica people are actually members plus staff do look  
> regularly).
> The Rangefinder Forum is apparently looked at too, at least the  
> Leica part
> of it?
>
> By the way the M9 files I've seen so far are certainly a step  
> forward from
> the superb M8 and I think the new feature set represents what a lot  
> of users
> have asked for since the M8 first appeared.
> 2009/9/11 Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca>