[Leica] Looking for Advice: I have an M9 - it's 2024 - should I consider upgrading to an M11?

[Frank Filippone]

I too am in that predicament.... or was.....My "M11" is a M10-r..

I shoot mostly landscapes and travel.  Since I keep getting older ( the alternative is not good!), the weight of the camera bag has been a constant 
problem... aches and pains and bad back or/and knees all cry out for Ibuprofen and a lighter camera bag.

What convinced me.....was the constant need to lower the weight of my carrying outfit.  The heaviest thing in my bag was the 135/4 Tele Elmar lens.  
Weighs a ton. Shoots like a dream.  But how to eliminate it without eliminating the ability to shoot from the longer distances?

MORE PIXELS

And so I now have a 90 that can do double duty.... Given the same pixel output, the 90 with a 40MP sensor is the same as the 135 with a 19MP sensor... 
and I do not carry around the extra weight of an additional lens.

The M9 is my backup camera.  You ALWAYS need to carry a backup...or at least have one close by, just in case.

Frank Filippone
BMWRed735i at Gmail.com

On 5/29/2024 1:12 AM, Jasse Chan via LUG wrote:
> Dear LUGers
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> I'm curious about the feeling amongst people who have 'lugged' around
> old-school Leica's.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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:
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> 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
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> 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)
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Jasse
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