[Leica] The M9 is here! The M9 is here!

[jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore)]

2009-12-08-16:51:15 Richard Man:
> Well, probably all of us have done a "Look, new piece of equipment"
> shot or two, or three...
> 
> The question is, what will you show us 2 months from now :-)

It is. And the answer is... probably exactly what I would've shown you
two months from now if I'd still just had the M8, what I've been showing
from time to time for years.  Pictures.  Of people and stuff.  Except
from now on they'll probably all have been taken with a longer lens to
get the same field of view, and maybe the ones in dim light will look
better, or maybe not.  And I'll have more pixels in reserve for making
nice prints, but I doubt you'll see the difference on the interwebs.
And on a small fraction of shots I might have better contrast because I
don't have to wear those IR filters.

This "M9" thing is funny.  It has a focal length multiplier of 0.75
compared to a nice normal M8-sized sensor.

 -Jeff