atufte Posted October 12, 2010 Share #61 Posted October 12, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I would like to see a picture of the LCD screen. It looks... I just want to mention that my LCD m9 screen seems to resist better than my m8 lcd screen. In my M9 is disapearing the white paint but all the rest seems to be perfect. My M9 has not heavy use for the moment. Just one day a week for the last 10 months. Anyway the moment has come. I hope my M9 will resist. It does not really matter since the M9 LCD sucks big time anyway... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 Hi atufte, Take a look here Worn/brassed M9 - pls share pictures to show Grey and Black wears. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
j. borger Posted October 12, 2010 Share #62 Posted October 12, 2010 I am convinced Leica did a bad paintjob on purpose to kill the 2nd hand market for the M9;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheewai_m6 Posted October 13, 2010 Share #63 Posted October 13, 2010 some people have a kinder way of treating their possessions. cars, watches, phones, spectacles, cameras. some people don't give a crap. sliding their phones across tables for instance, harmless but causes many fine scratches. i believe if i took 70 000 shots with an m9 from brand new, it would look no where near as worn as the one on previous post. and i can guarantee the lcd will not be scratched or broken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fluff Posted December 11, 2010 Share #64 Posted December 11, 2010 some people have a kinder way of treating their possessions. This is very true. However if you are using a camera professionally (except perhaps for landscapes) then wear and tear is unavoidable. I use two to three cameras for shooting weddings and inevitably they clang into each other at times, get clunked on the edges of tables etc. I'm actually always pleasantly surprised how well most of it survives to be honest. I care for my gear as much as possible, but when your camera is a tool, getting the shot, getting the right lens on in a hurry; these things matter more than worrying if a little graze here or there may happen in the process. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fluff Posted December 11, 2010 Share #65 Posted December 11, 2010 I am convinced Leica did a bad paintjob on purpose to kill the 2nd hand market for the M9;) I think it will be a long time before a 2nd hand market for the M9 even exists..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted December 11, 2010 Share #66 Posted December 11, 2010 I think it will be a long time before a 2nd hand market for the M9 even exists..... It already exists. Here, in the buy & sell section of this website, several M9s appeared. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leebert Posted December 11, 2010 Share #67 Posted December 11, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) While I typically hate the concept of photographing a camera, this is the coolest exception ever. It sings with life - and after viewing your shots - I can see why. Very cool. One question: does the hand-grip really help you? Along with the ThumbsUp? Curious to hear your thoughts about it's handling. (if you've answered in another thread, could you link to it?) Lee was shooting some lenses i'm selling and grabbed a beauty shot of my m9. i use it alot, i've shot 70,000 frames with the m9 since last year. i shoot music. it's fun. cheers jesse 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fluff Posted December 12, 2010 Share #68 Posted December 12, 2010 It already exists. Here, in the buy & sell section of this website, several M9s appeared. Sorry, I was thinking of my own market (the UK), where we're only just seeing the M9 available to buy new on the shelves recently. There's certainly not enough to go around in the UK, and nowhere near enough to call a '2nd hand market' as such. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 12, 2010 Share #69 Posted December 12, 2010 i believe if i took 70 000 shots with an m9 from brand new, it would look no where near as worn as the one on previous post. and i can guarantee the lcd will not be scratched or broken. Okay, take the camera out of the presentation box, start shooting and get back to us. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 12, 2010 Share #70 Posted December 12, 2010 One question: does the hand-grip really help you? Along with the ThumbsUp? Curious to hear your thoughts about it's handling. The grip and Thumbs-Up helps even with the film Leica M. I use them on M7s with the motor wind and 'Vit. Most excellent additions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD700 Posted December 12, 2010 Share #71 Posted December 12, 2010 Okay, take the camera out of the presentation box, start shooting and get back to us. That's really funny; had a good laugh! I always thought (possibly I was mistaken) that cameras are made to use them; good quality cameras as much as possible. How "beautiful" they wear is for the Louis Vuitton set. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Manley Posted December 13, 2010 Share #72 Posted December 13, 2010 Here is my M8: It's been refurbished by Leica since this photo, but still has lots of miles on it and is still going strong! My M9 doesn't look nearly this worn, but it hasn't been dropped in rivers - yet. Tina 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oysterboy Posted December 20, 2010 Share #73 Posted December 20, 2010 Tina, Your M8 packs some serious mojo. Looking at your phenomenal work, i am sure the camera has earned each one of those scars. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Marelli Posted December 21, 2010 Share #74 Posted December 21, 2010 Hey Tina, Just had a look through your site, wonderful work. So many exotic locations and some many fantastic shots. Its going to take me a few days to make it through all the content. I don't want to move too quickly through it. Best-Adam Adam Marelli Photo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fluff Posted May 9, 2011 Share #75 Posted May 9, 2011 Hope it's ok to revive this old thread. I'm trying to work out whether to go for black or grey right now, and that is influenced in part by how it might look when worn. I use cameras pretty heavily - not gratuitously, but they do get used, not babied, but while I don't care how my Canon gear looks, I'd kinda like an M9 to look lovely, in its own way, for years to come. So now we're a few months down the line, are there any more worn M9's to show? Especially the grey - I don't really have a good sense of whether a worn grey paint M9 would look nice or just a bit odd..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted May 9, 2011 Share #76 Posted May 9, 2011 So now we're a few months down the line, are there any more worn M9's to show? Especially the grey - I don't really have a good sense of whether a worn grey paint M9 would look nice or just a bit odd..... Only if somebody else has had the sandpaper out. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalus Posted May 9, 2011 Share #77 Posted May 9, 2011 I took all the paint off my Thumbs Up. It was black. Now it's like gold, and I wish it was. My M9 is wearing but very little. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Posted May 10, 2011 Share #78 Posted May 10, 2011 Steve, I do not know for sure what that black finish is. All I know is that it is impervious to lacquer thinned and acetone. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyonyConnexion Posted September 6, 2011 Share #79 Posted September 6, 2011 Looks like the Black paint body is made of brass while the steel grey is made of steel ? Am I correct ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasebi Posted September 6, 2011 Share #80 Posted September 6, 2011 no, they are both brass, just havent seen a steel grey colored one with that much wear. Strange as the pain is soft imho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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