chris_tribble Posted February 18, 2010 Share #1 Posted February 18, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) For anyone interested, there's a sequence of low-light images taken in Yerevan, Armenia during this week which can be found at: ■ Christopher Tribble ■. TIP - If you want to seem at higher resolution, just double click on the image in question. M9 + 28 cron asph for most images + 50 lux asph. Reason for posting? 1. The M9 is doing everything it should. It works. Quietly, discreetly, efficiently. 2. I'm here on a consultancy assignment - and need to use a camera to document what I'm doing with members of the Aremenian Government service. This leads to images like the one below. 3. I'm interested in the place where I'm working and want to add to my portfolio of images for potential stock and for personal purposes. 4. I can't imagine another camera that would fulfill both these purposes so well. It's ideal for reportage in a training space (28 cron asph + 50 lux asph), but it's also a perfect companion at the end of the day when I have a bit of space for myself. Trust me - Yerevan's a friendly safe city, but there were some dark streets where I wouldn't have felt comfortable with a 5D + 28-70 lens hanging over my shoulder. As I said. The M9 works. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/113018-fault-free-m9-in-yerevan/?do=findComment&comment=1230405'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 Hi chris_tribble, Take a look here Fault free M9 in Yerevan. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted February 18, 2010 Share #2 Posted February 18, 2010 I already was a fan of your photography, but it seems the M9 inspired you, judging by this series Good night shots too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted February 18, 2010 Share #3 Posted February 18, 2010 Splendid Chris . . . lovely to see someone just 'getting on with it'! Incidentally, the Giotto screen covers arrived today - £5 VAT +£8.75 royal mail charge for dealing with it! Still, they do seem pretty good. all the best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted February 18, 2010 Jaap, and Jono, (glad you're happy with the Giottos screen Jono - I'm still pleased with mine). Thanks for kind comments. Still, maybe I should also post the shot below. My point is that pretty well any modern full or crop sensor DSLR with a decent lens could have got the workshop image, but that the M9 also lets me get ones like the the shot below too. Whatever the red edge / slow format etc issue, I've never owned another digital camera that gave me that flexibility. For anyone being dissuaded by stories of doom and gloom, it might be helpful to reflect on that simple fact... It's so easy to pull it to pieces - but I can't think of another photographic tool I'd rather carry around the world with me. Best. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/113018-fault-free-m9-in-yerevan/?do=findComment&comment=1230517'>More sharing options...
marknorton Posted February 18, 2010 Share #5 Posted February 18, 2010 Great to see the M9 earning its keep as a dependable working tool. As for the screen protectors, I've managed to damage my M9 screen and am cursing cheap-skate Leica for not using the M8u/M8.2 cover glass! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noah_addis Posted February 18, 2010 Share #6 Posted February 18, 2010 Great to see the M9 earning its keep as a dependable working tool. As for the screen protectors, I've managed to damage my M9 screen and am cursing cheap-skate Leica for not using the M8u/M8.2 cover glass! After reading Chris' prior posts, I picked up a Giottos 8250 screen protector. It seems to be working well so far. I have to say it gets fingerprints and smudges faster than my old film-type protectors. But when it's clean the coating does seem to cut down on reflections. Chris, you're right, traveling with a Leica kit is a dream compared to large DSLRs. There are problems and the red edge is a serious one, but I think it will be sorted sooner than later. Overall I'm putting up with the early hassles since I can pretty much do any assignment that comes my way with a kit that fits in a tiny F5xB. My older M9 is looking quite used already having made it through half a dozen countries or so. It has quite a bit of brass showing around the edges. That's a good thing since it's earning its keep:D My newer one is in the shop:( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share #7 Posted February 19, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) My older M9 is looking quite used already having made it through half a dozen countries or so. It has quite a bit of brass showing around the edges. That's a good thing since it's earning its keep:D My newer one is in the shop:( Noah - I certainly wouldn't deprecate the problems that people have been having. Part of it's linked with being an early adopter of a new design (think of the focus problems with the 1D3), but part of it seems to have arisen from the technical challenges that have had to be overcome in putting a full size sensor into an M format body. And I fully agree, this has to be fixed or there will be long term damage to Leica's reputation. However - as your work so powerfully testifies, along with the work of many other photographers - the M9 has given us a unique tool with which to do an exceptionally wide range of jobs. I've never had another digital camera which is so flexible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted February 19, 2010 Share #8 Posted February 19, 2010 My older M9 is looking quite used already having made it through half a dozen countries or so. It has quite a bit of brass showing around the edges. That's a good thing since it's earning its keep:D My newer one is in the shop:( HI Noah My older M9 is also looking very lived in . . . I like it! My newer one was in the shop, but now it's home, and it's wonderful having two bodies again. WATE, MATE and 75 'cron . . . . and one other lens depending on circumstances all fit nicely in my little bashed up bag. When it's good it's very very good - and I'm sure that those times will get more and more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhoersch Posted February 19, 2010 Share #9 Posted February 19, 2010 For anyone being dissuaded by stories of doom and gloom, it might be helpful to reflect on that simple fact... It's so easy to pull it to pieces - but I can't think of another photographic tool I'd rather carry around the world with me. Best. I could say the same of my M8 (the fourth body actually works). Hardly anyone would deny that the M8/M9 can be a joy to use and deliver great images - if they work properly. The sad part is that they so often don't. And isn't it somewhat sad that an experienced professional photographer like you should feel compelled to mention in the title of his thread that his camera worked without fault? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share #10 Posted February 19, 2010 I could say the same of my M8 (the fourth body actually works). Hardly anyone would deny that the M8/M9 can be a joy to use and deliver great images - if they work properly. The sad part is that they so often don't. And isn't it somewhat sad that an experienced professional photographer like you should feel compelled to mention in the title of his thread that his camera worked without fault? Manfred - I meant there to be a bit of whimsical British irony in the title. One of the problems with a forum like this is that it's generally the people with a problem who (perfectly reasonably) make a lot of noise. Good news isn't news. "Man got up today and had a really enjoyable day at work" never sold a newspaper... What I'm trying to do here is to put up a marker that the M9 is a pretty fine tool. You put it in a bag, carry it around, when you need it you take it out and make an image. For me, since day 1, with both of my M9s that's been the story. No front focus, no shutter problems, and for me - in practice - no issue with red corners. The image below is with the 28 cron asph fully open. I can honestly say this has not been a problem. I've noticed red on an 18mm Zeiss - and I accept that others are noticing more issues. But me - the M9 is the camera that goes everywhere, and which I trust as much as the other brands of camera I use for work. It even works when the photographer has been seriously slowed down through the progressive tasting of 3, 10, and 20 year old Armenian brandy (trust me on this too - it's good stuff!) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/113018-fault-free-m9-in-yerevan/?do=findComment&comment=1231289'>More sharing options...
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