Leica M9 Titan

[alexander]

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Hello,

 

Is there already a M9 Titan user........ owner? How you like it?

 

Best regards Alexander

[tdtaylor]

Seal gave a brief review of sorts over on Steve Huff's website. Definitely not in depth, but interesting. Probably only one of a handful that will actually use the Ti.

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[earleygallery]

Someone buying one of those to use it? LOL best laugh I've had for ages!

[edmond_terakopian]

I had the opportunity to test one in London:

 

Leica M9 Titanium | Photo This & That

 

Very nice!

 

Edmond

[earleygallery]

Edmond, in your review you refer to 'digital framelines' and state your surprise that the traditional frame pairs appear, rather than single framelines.

 

The frames in the Tit aren't digital, they're just the same as in the ordinary M9 but are illuminated by an led inside the top plate, instead of that ugly window that Leica has used for the other M cameras.

[edmond_terakopian]

Edmond, in your review you refer to 'digital framelines' and state your surprise that the traditional frame pairs appear, rather than single framelines.

 

The frames in the Tit aren't digital, they're just the same as in the ordinary M9 but are illuminated by an led inside the top plate, instead of that ugly window that Leica has used for the other M cameras.

 

You are absolutely right - what I meant was the LED frame lines. My thought was that a neat system would have been for the set that corresponds to the lens to be illuminated and not the pair.

[pico]

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Well, I do have one and use it.

 

I did not like the strap idea, so I drilled new holes in the body and cemented in new eyelets for a regular strap. Also, it was difficult to find just the right color tape to cover the logos and engraving, so I just used grey gaffer's tape.

 

I dropped it in the water while photographing ice fishermen, so it is going back to Solms. I'm also asking Leica to change the LED to green.

 

Oh, and titanium does scratch. The thing is a bit dinged up already, probably from banging against the other Titan.

 

I made a pinhole camera from the box.

[tdtaylor]

Someone buying one of those to use it? LOL best laugh I've had for ages!

 

Actually, the Reviewer claims he will use the s**t out of the camera in the comments- a number of respondents had a hard time getting their heads around that comment. In the review he comments of several collectors editions he has that he uses. I do find it rather entertaining. Here's the link:

 

It’s Not the Photographer, It’s the Camera Stupid! The M9 Titanium Arrives. By ~6 | STEVE HUFF PHOTOS

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I hope (I know it's not likely) that the illuminated LED will be able to be implemented in our M9 as an optional upgrade..

[bill]

...to what benefit...?

 

Regards,

 

Bill

[pop]

To see the framelines when there's little light, I presume.

[earleygallery]

Just fix a little lightbulb (battery operated) to the front of the camera, or use a match - if you really can't see the framelines I doubt you'd see much else anyway!

[bill]

To see the framelines when there's little light, I presume.

 

...or to ''enjoy'' framelines that overwhem the subject with retina-scorching luminosity when there is little light, rather than diminishing in direct relation to the level of ambient illumintion, perchance...?

 

I fear that subtlety and appropriate simplicity are heading to the same oblivion as sangfroid and taste.

 

Regards,

 

Bill

[Nicoleica]

I fear that subtlety and appropriate simplicity are heading to the same oblivion as sangfroid and taste.

 

They were quite good, but I preferred Morcambe & Wise.

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Not all eyes are the same. Not all needs are the same. Not all pictures are the same. Not everyone's idea of a solution to a problem is the same. May I humbly suggest not to discard others' solutions to their problems when you yourself haven't yet encountered that particular problem?

 

Just the other day we had a discussion about an architecture shot taken in twilight. It would have been a nice shot if it hadn't cut off some gargoyles and the top of a spire. The photographer stated that in the lighting at that particular place and time the framelines were not discernible. The solution suggested was to attach a rather weak light to the front of the camera.

 

That's not a particularly complex solution. It's not even out of bounds for the "classical" Leica photographer, if you see how many attachments and doodads for the M camera line left the Leitz factories in the decades since the original Leica. Flash lights are not rocket science.

[jaapv]

He must have been able to see the focussing patch - Maybe he was not familiar enough with the FOV of his lens? It is quite possible that the low light would have mucked up any autofocus system, or the view of an SLR focussing screen might have blacked out. It is just a difficult situation for any means of taking a photograph Btw, such a light is available from Leicagoodies.

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He must have been able to see the focussing patch - Maybe he was not familiar enough with the FOV of his lens? It is quite possible that the low light would have mucked up any autofocus system, or the view of an SLR focussing screen might have blacked out. It is just a difficult situation for any means of taking a photograph Btw, such a light is available from Leicagoodies.

 

He saw the object all right, as it was illuminated. hence, the focusing patch might have been visible quite well. No autofocus, of course, as it was an M camera; I don't know if he focussed manually or with the RF.

 

Since he was standing in the shadow he couldn't see the framelines. The entire frame was a very tight fit for the focal length at hand and he missed one of the borders by a very thin margin. I don't think many people would have succeeeded in such a tight framing without seeing the frame lines.

 

Thanks for the tip on Leicagoodies.

[jaapv]

He saw the object all right, as it was illuminated. hence, the focusing patch might have been visible quite well. No autofocus, of course, as it was an M camera; I don't know if he focussed manually or with the RF.

 

Since he was standing in the shadow he couldn't see the framelines. The entire frame was a very tight fit for the focal length at hand and he missed one of the borders by a very thin margin. I don't think many people would have succeeeded in such a tight framing without seeing the frame lines.

 

Thanks for the tip on Leicagoodies.

 

I wasn't casting doubts on his abilities, just pointing out that some situations are difficult...

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I wasn't casting doubts on his abilities, just pointing out that some situations are difficult...

 

Oh, I didn't think you did. Sorry if I gave the impression.

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[bill]

... Btw, such a light is available from Leicagoodies.

 

Been there, tried that. It is one of the reasons why I prefer my framelines "au naturel". One of the reasons I usually give for using the SBOOI on the D-Lux 4 is similar; I can see my subject through the viewfinder far better than I can see the screen on the back of the camera in low light. If I turn up the brightness I a) attract attention and destroy my night-vision. I have the same aversion to with regard to framelines that belong at Blackpool on the Golden Mile.

 

 

Regards,

 

Bill