scott kirkpatrick Posted September 9, 2009 Share #1 Posted September 9, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) It looks to me as if the M9 lens mount has been moved a few mm away from the battery side of the camera body. This could be the solution to the vignetting problem that Mark Norton discovered with his prototype full frame M8. You can see the shift most clearly in the dpreview preview where there is a picture of the M9 with its bottom plate removed, and you can compare the place where the lens body lines up with the battery with the same line on a present day M8. scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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photolandscape Posted September 9, 2009 Share #2 Posted September 9, 2009 I wonder whether Mark plans on disassembling an M9 soon, just as he did the M8. Great stuff. It will be interesting to see how it all fits together and to compare the M8 and M9 in great detail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott kirkpatrick Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted September 9, 2009 I don't think the M9 will look terribly different inside than the M8 does. Big changes will show up in firmware (two DSPs instead of one, lots more information on the back panel, new tables of the lenses that you can set manually for vignetting correction), and there are probably some ROM chips that have twice or 4x the capacity that they did on the M8. Only an anatomy exercise as detailed as Mark's would be able to distinguish them. scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted September 9, 2009 Share #4 Posted September 9, 2009 The answer is no! Just as the M8.2 was basically an M8 with a few parts upgrades, pictures on the DP Review site - "Factory Visit" - suggest the M9 is an extensive rework of the M8 with some areas such as the viewfinder and shutter wind hardly changed. So I don't think dismantling the camera will tell us much. I'm only buying one anyway. Besides, the M8 which did the mock-up Scott is talking about is sulking and currently doesn't want to work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwelland Posted September 9, 2009 Share #5 Posted September 9, 2009 Besides, the M8 which did the mock-up Scott is talking about is sulking and currently doesn't want to work. Tut tut ... and what did your parents warn you about regarding dismantling your toys? Did you find any extra screws or parts left over at the end? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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