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Every time I delve into Lightroom catalogues I find I'm so much taken with my old M9 pics versus the M's (yes, I know, stale old topic…). But as I am averse to brassing and really don't like the ME's colour scheme I was absolutely delighted to find a black M9 in perfect condition at Richard Caplan's yesterday. I have it now and am feeling really pleased. Just one small thing: how much nicer the fonts in the menu compared with their M240 counterparts. And of course a saving of weight, much touted as a + feature of the new 262. Sensor problems? Who knows, but hopefully Leica will be able to fix for a year or so: 'several' according to the forum pundits.

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Well, I will certainly keep for a while as I still don't want a Q and with the later macro attachment I'd be unable to use this on the M9. But then, I ponder, am I really interested in macro? (Unimpressed by closeup Q images I have seen so far.) I rather doubt that a 50mm Q will appear as some have suggested; I'd say 28mm was the decision for that model.

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I have made moves a couple of times to buy a new M. First an M240, which I returned, and just recently, the M262.

 

But I enjoy my "old" M9 too much and, when push comes to shove, cannot let it go.

 

I think I'll just keep buying it new Leica glass. :)

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Duane, They really make a wonderful pairing and not simply due to their use of a common battery and a few other accessories. Although the look of the M9/ME's CCD color output is favored by many of its users, the output of the CCD based monochrom has a different look compared to its CMOS based counterpart. More bite and a harder edge is quite evident and again its subjective and greatly depends on the look thr user favors.

 

Dave (D&A)

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There is little drawback to a well performing M9/M-E for the back to basics shooter.

 

Even the shutter recock is wonderfully smoothly analogue, and I tend to use discrete mode

 

The photos jump out of the page and I have no issue with ISO, particularly coming from film recently, using f1.4 lenses and the 640 trick

 

rgds

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microview, on 27 Nov 2015 - 11:24, said:

Well, I will certainly keep for a while as I still don't want a Q and with the later macro attachment I'd be unable to use this on the M9. But then, I ponder, am I really interested in macro? (Unimpressed by closeup Q images I have seen so far.) I rather doubt that a 50mm Q will appear as some have suggested; I'd say 28mm was the decision for that model.

Well, if you are used to Visoflex III - Bellows - Tele-Elmar 135 head, it is hard to be impressed by anything else. ;)

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