Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am doing much less this season, at least since April, due to budget cuts, so not at Monza, but monitoring things from home. Not the same as seeing the tyres and talking to the drivers though. The M9 is almost exactly the same as the M8 physically, tiny differences only. Frank On 11 Sep, 2009, at 17:29, Adam Bridge wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Frank Dernie > <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: >> 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. >> > > Geesh, Frank. Shouldn't you be in Monza or something this morning > instead of stirring us all up with a big stick? <grin> > > Although I REALLY now want to see side-by-side shots with M8 and M9, > same lens, same tripod over a range of ISOs. That could be > illuminating. > > I haven't looked closely enough - have they changed the way the > battery loads or is it still remove the bottom? I don't mind that, but > as I get older I get more clumsy... > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information