Leica M9 in Wall Street Journal

[afineman]

I recently photographed Russell Simmons for the WSJ with the Leica M9. Here are the results (ps it's great to be able to shoot assignments with Leica's again) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...02304575214083184298548&articleTabs=slideshow

 

[BillBingham2]

Good story telling, nice angles, well done.

Thanks for sharing.

B2 (;->

 

[fotomeow]

hanging out with an M9 and Russell Simmons ..... must be tough! a dream assignment!

 

[pachuco]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Clancycoop]

Thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing

Very cool.

Do you have any links to any other assignments shot with an M?

 

[popeye]

Tell him for me that his shoe collection is 1) atrocious [the brand...] and 2) too large 😛

Nice work of you can get it...

 

[aizan]

just as an aside to the article: the classic fashion documentary photobook "take ivy" is being reprinted. you can preorder it on amazon.

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

the slide show is nice! thanks for sharing.

 

[swoop]

Cool beans. Nice to see another news photographer using Leica's.

Quick question. Who's the photo editor at the WSJ? I sent in my resume last week but addressed it to the managing editor. I couldn't find the name of the photo editor. Feel free to PM.

-Ken
www.ken-m.com

 

[MichaelW]

Good work. He sounds like an interesting man - vegan, yoga meditation.

 

[Leica0Series]

Like the Maybach shot ... but I'm not sure what you mean by "it's nice to be able to shoot assignments with Leicas again" ... I don't see how the M9 has such a huge jump in function over the M8, unless you purely need the larger file sizes. I would think you could have taken these with an M8 just as easily.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Thanks for sharing, Aaron! Nice job.

 

[jaapv]

Like the Maybach shot ... but I'm not sure what you mean by "it's nice to be able to shoot assignments with Leicas again" ... I don't see how the M9 has such a huge jump in function over the M8, unless you purely need the larger file sizes. I would think you could have taken these with an M8 just as easily.

I can understand the remark - the difference between M8 and M9 seems to be not that much looking at the specifications - but as an owner of both, I can vouch the total is more than the sum of the parts. The M9 is the M8 grown adult. I can well imagine that for a professional user the difference is crucial.

 

[afineman]

thanks,

Russell Simmons really is a very nice guy with an excellent taste in art.

As for more assignments shot with a M, nearly everything i shot before 2001 was with M's in film, then I switched to Canon for editorial, then back to M's a few years ago with the M8 but I always had to back that up with the Canon, so it's a mixed bag, but most of my website is M work: www.aaronleefineman.com (the detroit series is all M8, American Creed & JROTC is all M film, Rave is mixed Nikon and M)

As for m9 vrs m8,
- i use a 28mm lens a lot, that requires an accessory viewfinder for m8, which is a pain in the ass at that focal length (i got spoiled by my m6's)
- also i had a ton of problems with the m8 (freezing up, not shooting frames when it acted like it was, and that horrible green line crap)
- that said, m9 is slower than m8 but it's a much better camera

side note on M8,
- i recently printed a few 24x36 inch prints from m8 files and was amazed at how sharp they were and how well they held up. they blew the 5d files out of the water! i can only imagine that the m9 files will print even better than the m8 ones.

& Ken I will PM you.

 

[robert blu]

nice work, thanks for sharing
rob