Had my first encounter...

Kent

Kent

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...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...
 
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....
 
Paul Luscher said:
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....
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LOL

My wife would kill me if I came home with an M9. :angel:
 
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..
 
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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.
 
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.
 
My wife would kill me if I came home with an M9.
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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...
 
tomtofa said:
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...
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:D 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. ;)
 
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