Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/08

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] m9 review
From: simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:24:16 +0100
References: <440b792d0911082109t7cf5b91fq97e62d74569cb5ed@mail.gmail.com> <C71D1BB1.58386%mark@rabinergroup.com>

apples and oranges.Compared to a fast Canon the leica is no doubt very  very
slow.
But do any of you care it,s not designed to track formula 1 cars with a 400
is it.
Very happy with the speed and high iso of my Canon but would trade it for a
M9 if it wasn'to expensive for an amateur like me.
Best,simon

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark op rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> We'll see if anyone else in the world especially a reviewer especially a
> real reviewer thinks there's  a speed issue with the camera. As in the
> camrea shoots too slow. Which he goes on and on about.
>
> I wasn't too offended till I got half way down the page and hit the
> " The Major Flaw of the M9"
>
> He's holding the shutter button down until the thing slow up and stops
> shooting at 2 frames per second and that takes  seven or eight exposures.
> " Inexcusable" he says
> !?!?!
>
> And he insists on shooting "compressed RAW + fine JPG" .
> Gotta have both.
> It's gotta be compressed
> And he's gotta go on and on about it.
>
> The last time I held the shutter button down like that on even a DSLR was
> never.
> And I've shot skate boarders.
>
> But not Golf swing studies.
>
> There's a difference between camera  bloggers and  cameras reviewers.
> And I'd think the digitaljournalist people would know that.
> .
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>


Replies: Reply from s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] m9 review)
In reply to: Message from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] m9 review)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] m9 review)