Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear LUGers I'm curious about the feeling amongst people who have 'lugged' around old-school Leica's. I have an M3 that I love using for black-and-white captures. I've lent my M9 Monochrom to my niece, who LOVES using it. My camera is an M9, and I keep my Noctilux 50mm 0.95 on it. I still carry it to work most days, and on weekends. I've seen some used M11's come onto the market - and I need to build my case to my wife as to why I should go for an upgrade - and as far as I can tell: M9: Pros it's been recently serviced by Leica - so it feels like it's new again. I love the rendering it gives (I know the good old kodak sensor has some charm) It's simple - I've used it for a decade, and it has enough Megapixels for my purposes I have several batteries Cons As with anything - it's getting dated I've missed shots because it can be slow M11: Pros New and sexy holy cow - megapixels - If I need to crop I feel confident that I can I don't have the new experience of images being saved via wifi and to the app (and my iPhone? I rely on the SD card in my m9) Cons Expensive it might take some time to learn the new menus Would my life actually get better if I dish out a lot of cash for another Leica? . . . . Please, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Frankly, I could live very happily with my M9 because the images are still top-notch. As I mentioned, I only use my Nocti on it, and it still performs magic. Jasse -- Jasse Chan jassechan at gmail.com