[Leica] Trade in my M9? (RICHARD MAN)

[Geoff Hopkinson]

Ted here is the KISS summary.
Yep content is everything. Both cameras can make great or cr*p photos.
It is a better Leica than the one it replaced.
Whether the differences matter for an individual is up to them.

Richard I get your basic theme, but
I'm not sure how you measured that there is a 10% difference in the images
though!
!0% faster , brighter, sharper, less calories, what???!!!

For fun here are some other percentages for you ;-)
It is 50% faster, 33% higher pixel count, 100% better noise performance.
Quieter, better built, better RF you will have to run your own numbers ;-)
I have no idea on current used prices for the M9 there. I understand that
there are discounts from US Dealers currently.
The M is available for maybe $1000 at least less here than say 12 months
ago and is much cheaper than the Monochrom for example..


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman

On 8 December 2014 at 15:28, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> Yes, let he images speak for themselves :-)
>
> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > Here's what "I MISS THE MOST FROM THOSE GREAT OLD DAYS!"
> >
> > "KISS!" We took photos, made nice prints and it was all about "LEICA
> > CAMERAS!" GOOD, BAD, OR UGLY? Rarely the last two as we were all Leica
> > photographers and not the mixture of almost every crappy over techie
> gizmo
> > referred to as a :Super whiz-bang camera machine of today? That one must
> > nearly be a graduate of MIT to understand what the hell all the
> > indescribable words mean?"
> >
> > In the good old days it was 99.9% about the QUALITY OF THE "WET TRAY
> > print!"
> > Or the most important??????????
> >
> > "THE CONTENT WITHIN THE BORDERLINES!"
> >
> > It doesn't get much more KISS than that?
> > That's what I miss most!
> >
> > cheers,
> > ted
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of
> > Richard Man
> > Sent: December-07-14 5:53 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Trade in my M9?
> >
> > I miss the "good ol' days" when people argue about the smoothness of the
> > brass ratchet vs. the cheap metal used in M6 etc. :-)
> >
> > Or how some Leica M-film is 1 mm higher than the other models and how
> that
> > ruins the experience.
> >
> > OK, no, I do not miss those days.
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Did you read my 10% reply to Sue? Basically, at best, the M240 may get
> > you
> > > 10% better photos. How many photos are you happy with now? Lets see
> it's
> > 10
> > > out of 100. With the M240, you get... 11 photos.
> > >
> > > Is it worth it to sell the M9 for $4000-$4500 and gte an M240 for that
> > > extra photo? You shall be the judge.
> > >
> > > But there is nothing against people wanting the next best thing, so....
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Leland Deane <lmdmd at att.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> OK, so I'm a fairly happy M9 guy (see attached) and it's done well by
> me
> > >> but M9's are doing well on the used market and I have considered
> trading
> > >> in/selling to get the M240. So....I need the honest and august
> opinions
> > of
> > >> this great group to tell me if I'm crazy. I am all about the sensor
> > quality
> > >> and do not in particular need 'live view' (have that on my Canon 5D
> mark
> > >> III) or video capabilities. For those of you with both or who have had
> > >> both, please give me your impressions of one vs. the other.
> > >> Much appreciated.
> > >> Recent photo of my kids attached---lightly processed in CC (view
> large)
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Leland
> > >>
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