raid
Dad Photographer
I am now used since several years to use together the M8 and M9. They make a great pair.
M9 or M8.2?
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Rob-F
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The M8.2 framelines are sized for a 2M distance, which results in a photo very close to what you saw in the finder, except at very close distances. The M9 has framelines sized for 1M, which is most accurate at short distances; at greater distances, there will be more in the picture than in the finder frames, resulting in unwanted 'NO SMOKING" signs, "NO LEFT TURN" signs and telephone poles.
The M8.2 has the sapphire glass LCD screen; the M9 does not.
A 28mm lens gives a useful 37mm equivalent. A 21mm lens gives an accurate 28mm field, used with an accessory finder. And if you can see the framelines (eyeglass wearers need not apply), the M8.2 has a 24mm frameline, no accessory finder needed--and you get a 32mm equivalent FOV.
I guess the 47mm equivalent with the 35mm lenses is acceptable, if not particularly exciting. The 67mm equivalent of the 50mm lens is hard to know what to do with. Portraits, I guess.
To me, the inability to manually enter the lens choices is a worse deal-breaker than the crop factor.
I agree that the current used prices are incommensurate with the value of the M8.2 when compared to the M9.
The M8.2 has the sapphire glass LCD screen; the M9 does not.
A 28mm lens gives a useful 37mm equivalent. A 21mm lens gives an accurate 28mm field, used with an accessory finder. And if you can see the framelines (eyeglass wearers need not apply), the M8.2 has a 24mm frameline, no accessory finder needed--and you get a 32mm equivalent FOV.
I guess the 47mm equivalent with the 35mm lenses is acceptable, if not particularly exciting. The 67mm equivalent of the 50mm lens is hard to know what to do with. Portraits, I guess.
To me, the inability to manually enter the lens choices is a worse deal-breaker than the crop factor.
I agree that the current used prices are incommensurate with the value of the M8.2 when compared to the M9.
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
I enjoyed my economical I-69 28 2.8 on M8, as next to 35 lens. And J-12 as next to 50 lens. I really liked how they were rendering on M8. Despite of their price and noob status 🙂.
ROOOO
Established
M9--full frame, same as my film Ms.
raid
Dad Photographer
Full Frame is the main reason for me to favor M9 over M8.
Timmyjoe
Veteran
As Raid and ROOOO mention, the full frame is what makes the difference for me. Had an M8.2 and now have an M9. After shooting an M6 for 15 years, always bothered me that the lenses I loved on film had a different field of view on the M8.2.
Do miss shooting B&W with the M8.2, not sure why the files from that camera converted to B&W with a more pleasing appearance than the ones from the M9.
Best,
-Tim
Do miss shooting B&W with the M8.2, not sure why the files from that camera converted to B&W with a more pleasing appearance than the ones from the M9.
Best,
-Tim
helen.HH
To Light & Love ...
If it was Me
my choice would beM9/M-E
thiugh I loved the B&W on the M8
the M9 will be better in the long run
my choice would beM9/M-E
thiugh I loved the B&W on the M8
the M9 will be better in the long run
Richard G
Veteran
M9. Full-frame. Lovely colours. Six years on no temptation to get any of the subsequent models. I can still remember the first time I used my chrome M9-P. It was like a miracle. The miracle continues.
Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
... other than those ridiculous IR-Cut filters and that 10+ year old 10MP sensor.
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