I'm not sure that m9 owners want the M. to fail. What I do know is that the mechanical rangefinders accuracy is at it's limit in the M9. Leica are only too aware hence no 135 6 bit on M9 ( till M announced ) I for one don't want a Leica with lots of attachments to circumvent the problem of moving to higher pixel counts. I would like to bet my socks the next M340 or whatever will have the electronic screen built in replacing the mechanical R.F. & a focus confirmation dot ....erm .. Just like Lumix etc.