Godfrey
somewhat colored
I would have been happy enough with my M9 for far longer than I owned it if the sensor corrosion issue hadn't hit it. Given that did happen, and Leica offered a very good price for it against a new M-P typ 240, I went for the M-P 240 and was delighted with it. It was a much much more responsive camera than the M9 and simply worked much better for me.These discussions have saved me a lot of money. Might wait for the M12. Still coping fine with my M9-P I’ve had for over 12 years.
A few years of camera salad later, I bought the M10 Monochrom, loved it even more and bought the M10-R to have an identical color capable body. I'm happy at this point with these two digital M bodies ...
- The lack of IBIS has never been a problem for me.
- The necessity of removing a baseplate to change card or battery has never been a problem. ... I use a 128G card that can store so many raw exposures I've never come near to running out of space in a session...
- I don't know about short battery life. My usual shooting session is between 30 and 100 exposures in a hour or two walk, or between 100 and 400 exposures on a copy stand, and I've never even run low on battery in those sessions. These M10 models are the only two digital cameras I've owned that I'm fine with just one backup battery...!
- The metering when using the RF is fine, as it has always been with all my metered Leica Ms, and the metering options with Live View seems fine too for the little I've used it.
- I never charge a battery in-camera even on my cameras that support that (Hasselblad 907x at present). Much rather not stop what I'm doing and charge the battery; I just put a fresh battery in while the exhausted one is sitting on an external charger.
- I can get a exposures out of the camera and into my processing system using Leica FOTOs without needing a wired connection or taking the camera off the tripod at all.
The M11-D model is the first M11 that has piqued my curiosity. I had one of the M-D 262 bodies for a while, foolishly sold it, and still miss it ... the M11-D is the first D model since that one which seems to have improved upon it. But there are those moments when I look at what I do nowadays with a camera and wonder if I should not just sell all of what I have, buy a Leica Q3 43, and enjoy it.
I doubt that will happen any time soon. LOL! 🤣
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