What you'd want in the M9

[Magus]

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[jamning]

would love variable .52x and .85x viewfinder magnification for wide angle and standard lenses and a higher eyepoint viewfinder with bigger exit pupil. Weather sealing to protect from sandy/dusty environment and inclement weather.

 

[Avotius]

change the current sensor to a 100% no crop, better noise performance, a better on off switch, "traditional" body dimensions, no blue dot sensor thing, an optional alacarte body options, and best of all a sub 3500 dollar price tag

 

[dandp]

They already did it - it's called the MP3. And it is amazing.

 

[rover]

Reversing the direction of the shutter speed dial to the common sense direction of the M6TTL and M7, and 1/2000 shutter speed would be nice, but other those little things I don't see a need to change anything in the MP.

I would say to eliminate the meter, but the option is always there to just not put in a battery.

 

[Magus]

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[Magus]

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[kross]

FF, Foveon sensor = film!!!

 

[Terao]

I'd like it to be a Voigtlander R4M/R3M or a Zeiss Ikon but with a Leica RF unit and built to their standards. Its about time we had easier film loading and a spot meter would be nice too...

Film loading and the slow top shutter speed are the two main things that stop me buying an M body...

 

[Nachkebia]

Ops 😀 The thing is we don`t believe M9 will be film camera, unfortunately 🙂

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

This thread is almost as funny as that one on the web where somebody posted an HCB photo and people criticized it and said how they would have done it better with their digital camera.

Today a guy is asking about film cameras and he's getting replies about digital cameras.

 

[dcsang]

Ugh.. it's happened.... someone posted a standard DPReview question in the RangefinderForum...

It is truly a sad day . . .

Dave

 

[iml]

Maybe Leica will make another film M body, but I'm not sure there's much of a demand, after all, despite no existing body being perfect for everybody, there's lots of choices already, either secondhand or new, and probably limited mileage in reinventing the wheel again. I wish there was a large and growing market for expensive new film cameras, but there simply isn't.

If there is an M9 I would hope it would be an M8 that worked without IR filters, with a fold-away LCD, and analog controls for all the important bits, including ISO. 12 MP resolution would be good. Full frame is vanishingly unlikely, and if Leica achieved it the camera would be stratospherically expensive, as opposed to merely extremely expensive. If they could produce such a camera for around the body price of the M8, they have some chance of staying in business in the digital world as more than a tiny niche selling rebranded Panasonics.

Ian

 

[Nachkebia]

This is nonsense, film cameras are matured so amazingly good , what are we talking about? maybe we should talk about film improvement and development, film availability, enlarging technics, film body development? are you serious?

 

[maitrestanley]

Ops 😀 The thing is we don`t believe M9 will be film camera, unfortunately 🙂

At the rate of the digital world, no the M9 probably won't be film. A digital one will probably hit the market in no less than 3 years as well. I think it was a mistake to designate the digital M to have it's own 'numeral' (M7d would have been perfect). Hopefully future upgrades will be restricted to subdesignations (for example M8a, b, c, etc.) or else we'll be seeing the M10, M11, M12 in no time.


Everything has gone digital. Leica needs to maintain what they've always been best at and that is mechanical film cameras. Perhaps they should split up the M-line to accomodate film and digital versions of a camera.

 

[maitrestanley]

Maybe Leica will make another film M body, but I'm not sure there's much of a demand, after all, despite no existing body being perfect for everybody, there's lots of choices already, either secondhand or new, and probably limited mileage in reinventing the wheel again. I wish there was a large and growing market for expensive new film cameras, but there simply isn't.

Actually, there have been many reports over the past recent years of the revival of film and the number of users that have returned to the film market.

A film Leica will always be in demand. That is why even the older bodies sell so well. What Leica needs to do now is introduce the next generation of the M-body (instead of reintroducing an old one, such as they did with the MP).

 

[Dralowid]

Dear Mr. Leica,

Please make the M9 small.

My M6 is big, the M8 looks even bigger.

When you started making cameras they were small and black and shiny.

Please make them like this again. It was a good idea and they were jolly nice.

It is still a good idea.

You don't need to make small lenses, there are lots of them already.

All I want is an indestructable 35mm rangefinder camera with interchangeable lenses, and a viewfinder with some frames in it. I also want diopter correction, something you have forgotten about and a lightmeter which I know you can do quite well.

Please Mr Leica, please...

Michael
aged 9 (and some)

 

[BillRogers]

Please watch your step as you enter the time machine. We will begin our voyage to the mid-20th century as soon as the doors are fully closed.

 

[iml]

Actually, there have been many reports over the past recent years of the revival of film and the number of users that have returned to the film market.

Sure, but it's tiny in the great scheme of things. No company can flourish catering mainly for that market, unless it's a really small company.

A film Leica will always be in demand. That is why even the older bodies sell so well. What Leica needs to do now is introduce the next generation of the M-body (instead of reintroducing an old one, such as they did with the MP).

But what would a next-generation M body do that the currently available Ms don't? Sure, they may be able to tweak the ergonomics a bit but I think the M design for film bodies is pretty much at the end of the road as far as radical new ideas go. One of the reasons I love my M6 so much is because it seems to me it gets everything almost exactly right, any changes I would like are really minor.

Ian

 

[Andy Aitken]

I'd be happy if it was the same size an M4 etc. 'course Full Frame wouldn't exactly hurt...

Anyway, they still have to make the CL-D before they design the M9, right?