M9 Titanium Style growing on me. I am beginning to like it.

[eleskin]

Now to start this off, let me say I will NEVER buy the M9 Titanium due to extreme price. With that said, I am beginning to like the style, and feel it would be fine for a future M10 in DURABLE black or silver chrome (paint is out of the question for me). It has a fresh 21st century fine tool look.

Any thoughts here on this?

 

[jpmac55]

Although I admire the engineering and production effort that went into the M9 Ti, I am not sure how much I like it.

I favor the classic, traditional rangefinder look. I like leather neck & hand strap's, leather covers, too.

The initial draw of the Fuji X100 for me is the rangefinder look, more so than the Leica X1. The fact that it appears to be a great little camera makes it even more appealing.

 

[Keith]

I think it looks a little alien and lacks the rather subtle understated look of the M9.

It's not bad ... but it certainly hasn't grown on me either!

 

[sper]

I agree! I always have. It's a good design, plus the LED finders are a real improvement. Now they need to ditch the bottom plate release and you got a useable pro camera.

But...still not even worth a 1/3rd of the price...but hey...people have money to burn.

 

[haempe]

Never understand that.
Why buy a Leica which looks like a VW not like a Leica?

 

[Phantomas]

VW? Looks more like a can opener to me.

 

[furcafe]

Neutral on the aesthetics. Like the LED-illuminated framelines. Hate the fact that it doesn't have strap lugs (real men use shoulder straps 😉) .

 

[kdemas]

I've actually liked the look since the day they released it. A very fresh take on the M concept from my view.

 

[theno23]

I like the looks too, but don't like the finger strap thing. I've not tried the LED franelines, but they sound like an improvement.

 

[Arjay]

Beautiful in terms of design, impressive in terms of choice of materials, ridiculous in terms of technical innovation.

 

[bizarrius]

Beautiful in terms of design, impressive in terms of choice of materials, ridiculous in terms of technical innovation.

BUT IT HAS LED BRIGHTLINES!

 

[Roger Hicks]

Wait until you handle it.

Brightlines that don't come on until you press the shutter release?

No thread for a cable release, because it spoils the look of the shutter release button?

Might work on concept cars. Not much use on a working camera.

Cheers,

R.

 

[johannielscom]

Still, I think it's as ugly as a baboons rear in that time of the year...

😉

 

[ferider]

It has a fresh 21st century fine tool look.

So does a Ducati 999. Same price and so much more fun. Sounds better, too.

 

[varjag]

I understand that having framlines it by a LED makes all sense on battery-dependent camera, but something is missing in the look without the illuminator window. More an Argus C3 look than a Leica M3 look.

 

[Rob-F]

It doesn't seem very useful to me. No attachment lugs for a neckstrap; weird hand strap; no frameline illuminator window. LEDs for the frameline? I think not.

 

[PatrickONeill]

I understand that having framlines it by a LED makes all sense on battery-dependent camera, but something is missing in the look without the illuminator window. More an Argus C3 look than a Leica M3 look.

Agreed, the prototype had a middle illumination window and it looks a lot better than the final product.

 

[Darshan]

The finder is impressive but I don't like the look.

 

[Turtle]

I liked it so much I bought three.

If this is the future of the M9... M10, then make one out of affordable materials and make it a production model rather than charge a mere extra $15K for it!

I am indifferent about the look.

 

[eleskin]

Man that prototype is beautiful!!!

Man that prototype is beautiful!!!

That prototype with the illumination window does it for me!!! WOW!!! I love it!!!

Now I wonder if Leica went for this look, could we see a more durable metal plating than the cheap paint look?

It seems this look demands that quality!!!!