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andalus

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Three weeks now with the M9 and I never, ever thought I'd be so satisfied plunking down 7k for a camera. Yes, still learning the ropes, clicked off about 300 shots so far, but with the 50 Lux ASPH the images, mostly landscapes of Spring in the South, just literally pop. Even the uncompressed DNG's look great, and very little CS4 work on them required. Also, no apparently problems with rangefinder or focus of the 50 or 135, except that the Elmar 24 3.8 just a tad off alignment at full stop at infinity. Not worth bothing about for sure. Also, no visible dust on sensor, no oil, nada. 40 years shooting slides, buying and developing and then in recent years scanning them, and now THIS wonderful camera and film is a thing of the past. Thank you Leica and thanks to those who have assisted me on this forum in this ongoing transition.

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tdtaylor

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I concur.

 

I've had the M9 for 5 months, and it keeps surprising me. I was shooting a site for work yesterday, using the 28 Elmarit. Really was just documenting, not really focusing on technique. Just set the camera to f8, set a single focus point and speed and shot away. My teams are use to P&S shots, so I knew it would be adequate.

 

Fast forward to the office and a large screen. One of my guys called me over to look at one of the pics, and all of the corners were razor sharp- we could make out a bug on a leaf at 20 feet. I was blown away at what this tiny lens could do. No wonder I don't use my P&S any more.

 

Imagine what I could do one day if I every master the camera :D .

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Rick

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Andalus, I've had it for six weeks and that is exactly what I think. It is a wonderful camera. I know things will always improve and I'll buy into the M10 but, this is a camera I could call my last camera. I would bet that when the M10 comes out, a lot of people hang on to this camera as a back-up. Unlike what is happening with the M8. Which is that, once you get the M9, you really don't see the M8 lining up with your mind anymore.

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Jamie Roberts

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Ok, so I just shot my first wedding with the M9 instead of my M8 (which I lent out to a photographer friend of mine whose M8 is being repaired).

 

I have to say I totally love the M9. It's just a dream camera for wedding photographers like me. Because I only have one right now, I shot it alongside a D3 and the two complemented each other extremely well IMO.

 

On the M9, I shot 95% of the time with the M35 Lux ASPH, and until the reception I used no flash at all. In fact, at the synagogue I was told I was not allowed to take any pictures of the actual ceremony! So I negotiated and, after hearing it, they allowed me to use my M9, flashless, from the back, in discreet mode.

 

So I switched between the 35 and 75 Lux and 90 Cron. I can also crop a great "close-up" from the Cron shots as well. The bride and groom told me they could hear my camera, but actually they heard someone with a small Canon digital PS sitting in front of me ;)

 

I couldn't have covered this with any other camera except my M6; the M8 doesn't have the resolution for the crop or the extra 1.5 stops ISO sensitivity, and the D3 is just too noisy by half.

 

At the reception, I shot from 28 to 75 and constantly found the M9 easier to focus than the D3 in low light (truth to tell I practice more with the M9). When the D3 locks it's great; when it hunts it's a PITA. OTH, I sometimes miss focus with the M9, but still get a surprising number of 1.4 shots right on the money :)

 

So I'm very, very happy. About the only thing Leica could do for me is make a faster buffer (I hit it once during the entire wedding, but there wasn't a lot of "action" at this one in any case).

 

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zlatkob

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Jamie, it's good to hear your experience. I've also been in situations in which I had to negotiate. Some years ago, an officiant advised that I could make no photos during the ceremony — and this was at a banquet hall, not a religious setting. I was using a relatively quiet Canon at the time, and after hearing the shutter, the officiant was persuaded to allow me to make ONE photo during the ceremony, from the back & without flash. :eek::)

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Jamie Roberts

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Jamie, it's good to hear your experience. I've also been in situations in which I had to negotiate. Some years ago, an officiant advised that I could make no photos during the ceremony — and this was at a banquet hall, not a religious setting. I was using a relatively quiet Canon at the time, and after hearing the shutter, the officiant was persuaded to allow me to make ONE photo during the ceremony, from the back & without flash. :eek::)

 

Hey Zlatko--that sounds even worse! LOL!! I've had that happen too; first time at a synagogue, though. I guess there are some gung-ho photographers that go everywhere. What kills me is that guests, of course, keep on shooting anyway :)

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