[Leica] m9 review

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

My M8 has never locked up under any condition. 


Gene -------------- Original message from Tarek Charara <tcharara at 
mac.com>: --------------


> Dante,
> 
> I agree 100%. The M8 is slow in writing to the card in a sequence and  
> locks up very easily. Even worse, when the camera locks up, the only  
> way to unlock it is to take out the battery for a few seconds  
> resulting in the loss of (up to) 10 pictures. At least that's what  
> happens with my M8.
> I use the M for 95% of my work, so there is no digital alternative  
> for the time being. I bough a small flash, the 24D for the Leica and  
> noticed that sometimes the flash didn't trigger. I first thought it  
> was the flash unit, now I know it's the M8...
> 
> The lock up problem and losing 10 pictures is a real PITA.
> 
> All the best from the south of France!
> 
> Tarek
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> Tarek Charara
> 
> 
> NO ARCHIVE
> 
> 
> On 10 nov. 09, at 02:26, Dante Stella wrote:
> 
> > Mark, this is not about raw speed - though I know that makes for a  
> > better straw-man.
> >
> > 1.  David Keenan is dead-on correct about the M8/M9 architecture,  
> > which has a long shutter lag (six times that of an M3 and double  
> > that of a D3), is slow to a second shot (should/when you need one),  
> > and can lock up fairly easily taking repeated shots, even without  
> > mashing down the shutter button on continuous.  I have years of  
> > experience with this on the M8 and agree with Keenan that  
> > unresponsiveness - particularly on a first shot - is inexcusable.   
> > This is even more the case where a camera allegedly is designed to  
> > capture some "decisive moment."
> >
> > 2.  Two things that didn't get mentioned (and hopefully these have  
> > not carried on to the M9) are (a) the tendency of the M8 to wildly  
> > overexpose if the shutter is pressed too quickly when the meter is  
> > "waking up" - apparently a bad habit carried over with the M7 meter  
> > - and (b) the tendency not to fire the flash at all if the shutter  
> > is tripped too quickly after the shutter is first pressed.  Then go  
> > to #1 above for the slow recovery from the resulting missed shot.
> >
> > If the M9 is in any way worse than an M8 in responsiveness, it's a  
> > fail.  I don't believe that a camera should have any ability to  
> > second-guess, ask for a "do-over," or be asleep on the job when I  
> > need it.
> >
> > The decision when and if to take a picture is not an exercise for a  
> > committee.
> >
> > Unless that committee is a committee of one.
> >
> > Me.
> >
> > Dante
> >
> > ____________
> > Dante Stella
> > http://www.dantestella.com
> 
> 
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