Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If I was asked I'd suggest someone who had access to 6 grand and a huge interest in doing photography with an appreciation towards working with a rangefinder system rather than a reflex system to wait. The M9 is a great camera. A solid one. But its a first out full frame digital camera from Leica. Certainly they got some of the beginning bugs out with their development of the M8. But the M9 has a bit of a fledgling issue to it yet. Its totally understandable. Its a very new thing for Leica a company making since 1925 camera whose insides looked like clocks not radios. I predict the M9.1 will come out real soon and it will be mainly a sensor upgrade and it will be significant. People will not be doing their night shots with a Canon any more. When that happens I'll be real pissed off I don't really have access to six grand. As I do have the Leica glass to put it front of it . So I'll have to figure something out. I do know one thing for sure. Should I unload my Leica M glass this week then firs thing next week, Monday, Fuji or Cosina or somebody will make the announcement of a full frame Leica M mount compatible rangefinder camera costing two or three grand. Consumer priced in other worlds. And within my grasp. So its like an umbrella. If you want it to rain you leave it at home. Or a camera. If you want rainbows and spaceships leave it at home. I keep mine with me to make sure nothing to usually happens. And its a DSLR. And its not light nor small. - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/