Long Exposure Photography with the M9?

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I took the M9 and the 25mm Zeiss Biogon f/2.8 for a test run last night in downtown Tampa to see how this combo would work for a long exposure Cityscape of Tampa. To be honest, this is only the second time I have attached the Zeiss to the M9, as the 35mm Summilux-ASPH and the 50mm Summicron have been my go to lenses. I forgot how great this lens is, and am finding that I really like the M9/25mm wide-angle combo.

Usually - I work with my Nikon D-SLR to do these shots, but I was very happy with the end result the M9 provided. The link below is to one of the frames from last night.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34217880@N05/4682363488/

Does anyone else use their Rangefinder for long-exposure shots, anyone care to share? I'd love to see them.

Take care,
Josh
 
very nice JSPhoto
- those "star" patterns in the streetlights appear a common signature of the Biogons, I see the same in my 35 Biogon.
 
Really long exposures might take 8 min at f/4 on ISO 400.

So do not be fooled too much with the M9 with these intermediate exposures.

Try a dark night on the coast, with stars bright, away from city lights with those exposure settings above and watch the "noise" develop on digital, I am afraid.
 
uhligfd said:
Really long exposures might take 8 min at f/4 on ISO 400.

So do not be fooled too much with the M9 with these intermediate exposures.

Try a dark night on the coast, with stars bright, away from city lights with those exposure settings above and watch the "noise" develop on digital, I am afraid.
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Thanks for the info, I know well the effect of super long exposures and noise. My goal with the M9 and the 25mm Zeiss was not to push the limit of long exposure work with the M9, only to try it out with "intermediate" shutter speeds ranging from a couple of seconds to a minute or so.

If I am doing long exposure work, I'd typically prefer to bring my Nikon anyways for obvious reasons.
 
uhligfd said:
Really long exposures might take 8 min at f/4 on ISO 400.

So do not be fooled too much with the M9 with these intermediate exposures.

Try a dark night on the coast, with stars bright, away from city lights with those exposure settings above and watch the "noise" develop on digital, I am afraid.
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A CCD camera won't do 8 min shots, it will shut off long before that to prevent the sensor from overheating. The max the M9 will do is about 2 min iirc. But- it wil do black frame noise reduction, which does effectively reduce the long exposure noise to zero.

If you want a Leica that is usable for long exposures you will need to look elsewhere:

http://www.leica-microsystems.com/products/microscope-cameras/industry/details/product/leica-dfc490/
 
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