Leica M9 - taking pre-orders

[inTempus]

It looks like Leica is taking pre-orders on its new M9. If you have $7k burning a hole in your pocket, here's a great way to spend it.

Leica M9 taking pre-orders for its body only -- Engadget

 

[usayit]

Leica has been taking pre-orders since 9/9/09..... they are experiencing issues with keeping up with back orders.

Doesn't impact me... by the time I have the cash, they would have resolved the issue AND probably be a few on the used market.

 

[PhotoXopher]

Doesn't interest me in the least... is that odd?

 

[inTempus]

If I was going to drop that much coin on a camera, it would be a 1Ds4 or a D3X. I wouldn't spend $7k on a pocket camera.

 

[PhotoXopher]

^ Agreed

 

[usayit]

Doesn't interest me in the least... is that odd?

Not odd at all... niche market product.

 

[TJ K]

So instead of all these mean piss on Nikon avatars that idk how to make just make one of leica and we can all be friends! :lmao:

 

[TylerF]

i love leicas but have never held one. they look so slick haha. but i think my 7grand could be put elsewhere haha. maybe after i get everything i want for my more serious stuff, then i will look into one. but 7k on, well a street shooter to me, no thank you lol

 

[DScience]

I want this camera more than anything, along with the fastest lens in the world!

 

[DScience]

So instead of all these mean piss on Nikon avatars that idk how to make just make one of leica and we can all be friends! :lmao:

Then how is everyone supposed to know their fanboys?

 

[inTempus]

So instead of all these mean piss on Nikon avatars that idk how to make just make one of leica and we can all be friends! :lmao:

Then how is everyone supposed to know their fanboys?

Exactly.

Unlike some here, we prefer to be open about it! What's worse than a fanboy? A deceitful fanboy, I say!

 

[usayit]

So instead of all these mean piss on Nikon avatars that idk how to make just make one of leica and we can all be friends! :lmao:

That's fine... Leica shooters are used to jealousy and envy..

 

[TJ K]

That .95 glass is crazy though. People just know we shoot Nikon because we are amazing.

 

[Wolverinepwnes]

as amazing as the pictures a camera can produce its not worth 7K! that money is going towards the M3 payment

 

[MrLogic]

If I was going to drop that much coin on a camera, it would be a 1Ds4 or a D3X. I wouldn't spend $7k on a pocket camera.

I would... but only if:

- it was compatible with Leica SLR (tele) lenses
- if the focusing system was vastly improved. As Thom Hogan points out:

[...] really only the 24 to 90mm range is well served by the viewfinder and focusing system; the wider than 24mm lenses often tend to be focused by zone or DOF rather than visually. Basically, the M rangefinder system plays well with manual focus primes in a fairly narrow focal length range. This, in turn, dictates the use of the camera. The M bodies are not sports cameras. They're not wildlife cameras. They probably won't be video-enabled cameras.

article: Luminous landscape


So basically.... if it wasn't a "rangefinder" camera. The small size, though? Yes please. I've considered a Micro Four Thirds camera for traveling, but the image quality just. isn't. there. from what I can tell. And I don't think that is about to change.