Leica M9/M9-P

I am going through this dilemma right now, m9, or m9p. seems like a easy decision ie. save a grand... but for some reason the m9p is calling.
 
eric23 said:
I just feel that this is my one ant only nice camera I am going to buy any day soon, so I don't mind spending the extra 1K to get the best one.
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Problem with digital, and you know that from Nikon, that "the best one" is only best for a few years, 3/5, then "the best one" is another dollop of cash. Having said that if you don't get the M9P version you will regret it :D
 
eric23 said:
I just feel that this is my one ant only nice camera I am going to buy any day soon, so I don't mind spending the extra 1K to get the best one.
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Yes but it is only a cosmetic difference. For now you could buy another lens and get on photographing stuff. Even if you don't go for an aftermarket LCD protector and if you really bugger up your LCD you could still spend the extra £1100 on an M9-P upgrade to your M9 much later, and it will come back like a new camera!

Steve
 
brokencivilian said:
^can that be done at any point? The update to m9-p cover and screen?
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All can be done, if you can pay for it. But buying a M9 to have it updated to M9-P is not going to be cheaper than buying a M9-P directly. I would consider it an option only if my LCD is so beaten up that I need to do something about it anyway..
 
M9P is cosmetic "upgrade" over base model as M8.2 is over M8. Leica just cashing in. I'd spend the difference on glass and money is making bigger difference.
 
For the past two years I've been shooting with a black-taped M9. From a moderate distance it is indistinguishable from a M9-P. I have an Acmaxx hard plastic screen protector on the back which takes care of the LCD.

I paid AUD$9300 for my M9 back in 2010. Thanks to a more favourable exchange rate and greater supply, they now go for about $7000-$7200. I sometimes think of how nice it would be to have that extra $2300 in my bank account, or invested in some good condition secondhand lenses.
 
All of the screen protectors are glass. The M9 has regular glass, the M9-P or full M9-P upgrade has the sapphire coated glass which is much more scratch resistant but still not impervious. I think an awesome solution is to get the standard then get a Giottos or GGS glass protector. They stick on and protrude only one millimeter from the screen itself so there is effectively no bulk added when shooting.

Phil Forrest
 
I told my experts I wouldn't be looking at anything but a chrome M9-P. This morning before I set out to collect my latest negs and scans I wondered what I'd do after so much homework if they said, thanks to someone pulling out of an order: "There's the chrome M9-P you've been wanting..." Reader, I bought it.
 
I think I am going to hold off untill the M10 comes out, What you think? Is the wait worth it?

I ordered up my lens now Leica 35mm 1.4
 
And what features of the hypothetical M10 will make it worth holding off for?:confused: Don't forget the M11 will wipe the floor with the M10, so you have at least another four to five year wait ahead of you - Otoh - the M12 will be even more spectacular and play havoc with used M11 prices......
 
jaapv said:
And what features of the hypothetical M10 will make it worth holding off for?:confused: Don't forget the M11 will wipe the floor with the M10, so you have at least another four to five year wait ahead of you - Otoh - the M12 will be even more spectacular and play havoc with used M11 prices......
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True, But it might be worth it to me to wait a few months for a newer model, I plan I keeping this camera for a long time.
 
The rumour mill says there is an M10 in the works this year. Unless something odd happens, M9 price will go down. If you can wait, I'd do so.
 
I read across several forums that there is a shortage of M9 sensor which is delaying the repair of some M9s with damaged sensors. I think this indicates that we will see the M10 sooner than later.
 
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