jonoslack Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share #21 Posted September 23, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) WHAT... after all this hard work, they don't let you keep the Beta..? I would have said it was a keeper or offered it a half price or less. . Hi Bo Yep Loads of Hard Work . . . using an M9 around Europe to take the pictures I wanted to take anyway. I'd say I deserve a brace of S2's and 6 M9 bodies, wouldn't you? It's been a great experience, and having pictures in LFI magazine, and having people actually looking at my web pages has been great, added to which the Leica crew are fun and interesting to work with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Hi jonoslack, Take a look here Two weeks with the M9 in Crete. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
brill64 Posted September 23, 2009 Share #22 Posted September 23, 2009 very happy to see you use your wate liberally..and so well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwelland Posted September 23, 2009 Share #23 Posted September 23, 2009 WHAT... after all this hard work, they don't let you keep the Beta..? I would have said it was a keeper or offered it a half price or less. . I agree. If I were Leica product management or customer relations then I'd have pony'd up an M9 gratis because if this isn't more than $7k of advertising I don't know what is! (In fact I'd add a x10 multiplier). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthury Posted September 23, 2009 Share #24 Posted September 23, 2009 Lovely, lovely, lovely ! I liked them a lot; especially, the ones called "Yellow and Blue" and "Orange Anchor". The textures are deliciously beautiful. Were you using a 90mm Summicron-M APO? Also, what 16mm lens were you using? And, regarding your panos, did you crop them or stitch them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogenis Posted September 23, 2009 Share #25 Posted September 23, 2009 Wonderful pictures Jonathan, and a great idea to visit Crete in September. I am sure you not just enjoyed the M9 but also great vacations as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted September 23, 2009 Share #26 Posted September 23, 2009 Very good commenting in LFI, independent and credible. It has had the unfortunate result of making my wait for the M9 I have on order even more enervating. The old man from the Age of the IIIa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share #27 Posted September 23, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Lovely, lovely, lovely !I liked them a lot; especially, the ones called "Yellow and Blue" and "Orange Anchor". The textures are deliciously beautiful. Were you using a 90mm Summicron-M APO? Also, what 16mm lens were you using? And, regarding your panos, did you crop them or stitch them? HI There thanks for the kind words - it was a great trip, and not too much trouble to process the photos! I was actually using a humble little 90 elmarit. It was the first leica lens I ever bought (secondhand, together with a 50 'cron and a CV 15). It hasn't seen much since the M8 appeared, but it's now become a firm favorite). For the 16 mm I was using the WATE (wide angle tri-elmar). Fiddly on the M8, but a delight on the M9. The panos were simply stiched in CS3 with photomerge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share #28 Posted September 23, 2009 Wonderful pictures Jonathan, and a great idea to visit Crete in September. I am sure you not just enjoyed the M9 but also great vacations as well. Hi There . . . It's wonderful then, it does rain sometimes (we had a couple of real downpours). We go walking - swimsuits and clothes in backpack, then when it stops you have dry clothes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share #29 Posted September 23, 2009 Very good commenting in LFI, independent and credible. It has had the unfortunate result of making my wait for the M9 I have on order even more enervating. The old man from the Age of the IIIa Hi There Lars Thanks for that . . . When I read it, I thought . . . what a pompous git! (I think the comments were translated into German, and then back into English again . . . still, no complaints about the content, it was what I'd said. Sorry to make your wait worse . . I've got a steel grey one on order, so I know the feeling! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptarmigan Posted September 23, 2009 Share #30 Posted September 23, 2009 Jono Totally stunning. Just love those goats especially! Can't honestly see that much difference from these IQ wise to your M8 shots at this res though. Good news for us lowly M8 users. Must've been great to get back to 'proper focal lengths' though which is less of a problem for me being so new to M photography. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lotw Posted September 23, 2009 Share #31 Posted September 23, 2009 Very good photographic work, B&W superb, colors unconvincing, cyanisticalistic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iShutterbug Posted September 23, 2009 Share #32 Posted September 23, 2009 Jono, that's a wonderful gallery and fun comments. Thanks for doing and sharing. You've made the M9 something to dream about for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share #33 Posted September 23, 2009 Jono Totally stunning. Just love those goats especially! Can't honestly see that much difference from these IQ wise to your M8 shots at this res though. Good news for us lowly M8 users. Must've been great to get back to 'proper focal lengths' though which is less of a problem for me being so new to M photography. HI Ian Thanks for the kind words - of course, you're right, not much to compare at this size, and of course, your M8 is still wonderful. As to getting back to proper focal lengths . . . I never really had a problem before! Still, it's nice that the 28 'cron is actually wide these days, and the WATE is a ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share #34 Posted September 23, 2009 Very good photographic work, B&W superb, colors unconvincing, cyanisticalistic HI There I don't know that word (not unconvincing, but cyanisticalistic). Funny, someone elsewhere said just the opposite - colour great, B&W unconvincing. I'm not a master of post processing (too lazy, not enough time). I do care about the photos though, and thanks for being nice about that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share #35 Posted September 23, 2009 Jono, that's a wonderful gallery and fun comments. Thanks for doing and sharing. You've made the M9 something to dream about for me. Thank you - It's a lovely place, and they we had a lot of fun. The idea was to catch some atmosphere and show some variety. I hope I succeeded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 23, 2009 Share #36 Posted September 23, 2009 Colours are very 'Greek' and I mean natural by that! I only get such rich colours in Greece. Lovely photography. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogenis Posted September 24, 2009 Share #37 Posted September 24, 2009 Very good photographic work, B&W superb, colors unconvincing, cyanisticalistic You are wrong about the colors. You get exactly those colors especially after a good rain where moisture goes and atmosphere cleans up. On top of it all he was lucky because this was a chilly summer with lots of winds, which further clean atmosphere. You get exactly these saturated colors... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lotw Posted September 24, 2009 Share #38 Posted September 24, 2009 http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/98684-m9-versus-m8-1-tests-7.html "You are wrong about the colors." Let's hope so, in my M9-photo's I do not recognize any cyan deviation, but I judge them in CaptureOne 4.8.3. In the Crete photo''s I do see cyan deviations, nrs: 5, 6 (shadows), 12, 16, 31, 32 , 33, 34, as well as in the test photo's of Doc Henry, link above Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neves43 Posted September 24, 2009 Share #39 Posted September 24, 2009 Dear Sir -Nice pictures indeed,no questions about it. -To be honest i am a bit jealous about your brand new M-9.I have a M 8.2 i bought less than one year ago. -Looking to your pictures the distance between your superb quality seems to be centuries ahead of mine if i relate the time frame between your camera and mine. -Yes i know sensibility has to be taken into account,not the ISO one but the one in your eyes. -Question:How long is the M-9 ahead of the M-8,to deserve your show on this Forum? Any backups of Leica on this? Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLV Posted September 24, 2009 Share #40 Posted September 24, 2009 Beautiful pictures and work. The colors are unbelievable and the pics taken with the 16 mm are stunning. It seems also that you took some good time:D thank you for sharing. The days are long before the end of the month... All the best, Jean-Luc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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