Is it worth to upgrade M9 to M9-P?

[Tom Niblick]

Hi Kevin, looks like only you can make that call. I believe Leica NJ charges $1300 for the sapphire glass replacement, and $2000 for the glass, top, bottom plates. I see the advantages to the sapphire, but that's a lot of money.

I have the vanilla version of the M9, and it takes the same photos as the M9-P. I have the screen protected by a giotto glass.

+1

Though I also added about .02 worth of electricians tape to tone down that big white "M9"

 

[icebear]

Giotto screensaver (Schott glass 0.5mm) and an inch of black electrical tape. Investing the money saved into matching the lenses with the M9's rangefinder will most probably have a more positive effect on the image quality than any saphire glass LCD screen, fancier leathering or different top and bottom plates, just my 0.02$

 

[Phil_F_NM]

If you have the money to spend, spend it.

Otherwise, no. It's not.

Phil Forrest