victoriapio
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Just in case you can't get enough:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/m9-first.shtml
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/m9-first.shtml
M9 review on Luminous Landscape
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dcsang
Canadian & Not A Dentist
hehe..
Well.. I don't know about all you folks out there with thousands and thousands of dollars to spend on hobby cameras but putting yourself in a category based on price seems a bit rarified imho. 😀
Cheers,
Dave
Reichmann said:
Well.. I don't know about all you folks out there with thousands and thousands of dollars to spend on hobby cameras but putting yourself in a category based on price seems a bit rarified imho. 😀
Cheers,
Dave
Tuolumne
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I think I'm going to want one of these. And just look at this:
"Owners of older Leica lenses will be very pleased to learn that there is now a full listing available within the camera for manual lens parameter settings when optics without the newer 6 bit encoding are attached. "
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"Owners of older Leica lenses will be very pleased to learn that there is now a full listing available within the camera for manual lens parameter settings when optics without the newer 6 bit encoding are attached. "
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ncc1701
Established
Ya think you can add custom settings for non-leica lenses?
Tuolumne
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nrb
Nuno Borges
At last Leica is back at the full frame format.
sojournerphoto
Veteran
You can use the nearest Leica lens - that will voer most ptions well enough.
The review is a bit gushing, but if his comments on file quality are true then it will be a nice tool.
Mike
leivo311
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ampguy
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f16sunshine
Moderator
Not much of a review :?
freeranger
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The claim that the M9 is a mature product is a rather enthusiastic statement. Leica film cameras are mature products because they really can not be improved upon by any significant degree - the only improvable component - film - is a separate product.
I'm sure that the sensor in the M9 is fantastic, but will leica never bring out an improved sensor for their future digital Ms?
I'm sure that the sensor in the M9 is fantastic, but will leica never bring out an improved sensor for their future digital Ms?
Tuolumne
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Take a look at Sean Reid's review on reidreviews.com. Very detailed. Very exciting. Looks like Leica has actually listened to its customers on this one. I think they have a real winner on their hands.
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Olsen
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"Old Europe"
"Old Europe"
As a European I have to smile a little of Michael Reichmann's text of one of the pictures; 'Old Europe'.
"Old Europe"
As a European I have to smile a little of Michael Reichmann's text of one of the pictures; 'Old Europe'.
dcsang
Canadian & Not A Dentist
Exactly.
Reichmann, over the years, has basically said every iteration of just about every camera (mainly Canon) has been "the greatest thing since sliced bread" 😉
It doesn't surprise me one iota that he's said the same thing about the M9.
It may very well be an awesome tool - if you can afford it.
I've never really looked hard and fast at his body of work because a lot of the stuff I have seen is "meh" (and that's likely because I prefer people rather than landscapes and/or nature - to each his/her own however) but, as is my understanding, the man has a bunch of $$$$ so he can afford to buy a whack of gear when it becomes available.
I think he'd be doing that even if he never started up the website.
If Leica does sell and sell and sell M9s then that's a good thing - it would only prompt another camera maker to realize that there's a market there for a "less expensive/less luxurious" full frame digital rangefinder.
Cheers,
Dave
Olsen
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Cosina and Carl Zeiss are in a sweet spot now that M9 has been launched and the M-system has yet another bright future. When all the M9 buyers have emptied their pockets, they can only afford lenses from Voitländer and Zeiss. If they can't have their own digital rangefinder, Cosina/Zeiss are crying all the way to the bank.
To make a digital RF camera is a risky and expensive business. Both RD-1 and M8 shows that.
To make a digital RF camera is a risky and expensive business. Both RD-1 and M8 shows that.
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
But they won't accept M mount glass. It's Zeiss and Cosina who need to get in the game.
sojournerphoto
Veteran
Yep. he also has a strong view that digital is better tha film - period and has done some tests to demonstrate that - albeit that they have at times been flawed. For his purposes, the current crop of full frame high res dslrs and mf digital backs are almost certainly better than film, but film remains better than people think if they scan themselves and actualy has a look of it's own. That message is emerging in the post honeymoon flush of digital conversion. I use both.
I also have a view that his website is both pretty commerical and that he has always sought to drive sales of the latest and greatest, as do the print mags.
Mike
Mike
squirrel$$$bandit
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FWIW, I like Reichmann. His minor flaws as a writer seem to me to come from excessive enthusiasm and not from overly commercial intent. That site always makes me want to go use my stuff.
MichaelW
Established
I would certainly never make any gear buying decision based on a Michael Reichmann review.
Sensor technology will continue to improve and costs will continue to go down. Nothing new here.
There is a $2000 FF camera now, yet the top end FF cameras are $7K+. When there is a $1000 FF camera, the top end cameras may still be at $5K+ or so, at which point the M9 will cost less as well.
