Had my first encounter...

[Kent]

...first "real" encounter (= more than just taking two snaps) with an M9.

Wow!

Yesterday I came back from Italy where I spent three fantastic days taking photos with a good friend.
He gave me his M9 equipped with a Zeiss Biogon 2/35 for a while and so I could use that cam more intensely than ever before.

I must say, now I know what you guys love about it!

Will show some frames later...

 

[Paul Luscher]

Be careful. Leicas are addictive. You start out with an old beat M3 & 50mm Summilux, and before you know it, you have an M9, an MP, a couple of Barnack Leicas, a whole raft of M & LTM lenses.....and a very flat wallet....

 

[Kent]

Leica M9 by LucisPictor, on Flickr

 

[Kent]

Be careful. Leicas are addictive. You start out with an old beat M3 & 50mm Summilux, and before you know it, you have an M9, an MP, a couple of Barnack Leicas, a whole raft of M & LTM lenses.....and a very flat wallet....

LOL

My wife would kill me if I came home with an M9. :angel:

 

[robert blu]

LOL

My wife would kill me if I came home with an M9. :angel:

Maybe you can buy her a jewel worth like the m9 and make her happy 😀

robert

 

[Kent]

Maybe you can buy her a jewel worth like the m9 and make her happy 😀

robert

And sell my car to do that? 😀😉

 

[Steve_F]

LOL

My wife would kill me if I came home with an M9. :angel:

So would mine, but if you came home with a 'beat up' looking 'old' M as shown in the image above, would she know the difference? 🙄

Steve.

 

[Kent]

LOL, Steve.
Yes, she has full access to our bank account. Was that a mistake? 😉

 

[Kent]

I have uploaded some shots into my gallery.

(200kB is not much, though.)

 

[bayusuputra]

i have yet to have my first "encounter" with these babes.. i still have to lay my fingers on an M, let alone M9.. My dream is to get myself an M2 and a 35mm, or M3 with any 50mm.. Hopefully, things will go according to plan!

but, yeah, the thing is that, my GF (yes, she's not my wife yet) wouldn't stop making noise if i bring home another camera.. sigh.. it's hard when the girl gets jealous of the camera..

 

[Steve_F]

There was an advertisement in The British Journal of Photography yesterday where you can 'lease' an M9 for 24hrs, £100 down. This is refundable against your purchase. Terms apply. Haven't enquired though in case you have to buy within 6 months or something. 🙂

Steve.

 

[Steve_F]

That's why it's important to be able to fund your PayPal account with a credit card that's For Your Eyes Only. Or so I've heard... 😀

Wow, there's a lot of sneakiness and underhandedness going on when cameras are involved. 🙂

Steve.

 

[hausen]

Have had mine a month now and my wife is now calm about the purchase. Is the best purchase I have made ever I think. My DSLR gear is all on the the block and I am like the proverbial 'pig in s**t.

 

[tomtofa]

My wife would kill me if I came home with an M9.

Get a chrome one and pretend it's your Digilux 2. Actually, with the crazy prices on eB**, you could make a third or more of the M8's cost by selling the D2...

 

[Kent]

Get a chrome one and pretend it's your Digilux 2. Actually, with the crazy prices on eB**, you could make a third or more of the M8's cost by selling the D2...

😀 Yes, I have been thinking about that, to be honest.
But I would need another lens (28 or 35mm) to go with an M8.
I don't think that a Jupiter-12 would do.
(I could cope with my J8, Elmar 90 and Hektor 135 for the tele shots, though.)

Of course, I could easily pay for an M8 and a Cron 35 if I sold all my DSLR stuff, but I am still too much living in both worlds and I would not like to give up on reflex cams, really.

But a used M8 is the one that might be in reach some day... for now it's the Digilux 2, the NEX or a film RF. 😉