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  | sent on 09 Febbraio 2025 Pros: CCD unsurpassed in colors: pasty, pastel,... from painting. Trivial and repeated many times, I know, but... from film. Manageability, lightness, compactness, available lens park, build quality. Even the black and white really not bad Cons: Some difficulty (for me and for my eyes) to "digest" the frames of the viewfinder Opinion: The greatest repentance of my life... photographic: traded in for a Hasselblad X1Dii, for which I never fell in love, I wish I had never made that choice; but, by now... Also because finding a perfect one (including the replaced sensor) like mine will never happen again. A machine that must be liked (or disliked) for what it is and what it can offer; therefore it is useless to repeat what it is not suitable for or what - obvious - limits it has; but the color files that come out of it I have not found in any other device. For black and white, only the Sigma (Foveon) have surpassed it, among those I had. Now, overcoming the romantic "cravings" of Leica, Hasselblad and Sigma, I have fun and try my hand at a Nikon d850: all that prose and poetry of the aforementioned and "difficult" niche objects is missing but, now: point, in focus in a moment, I shoot and ... done. This too is needed |
  | sent on 04 Marzo 2024 Pros: Colors and unique CCD sensor, Leica feeling Cons: It's a nightmare to find a specimen that doesn't turn out to be a condemnation Opinion: Taken years ago by a "super reliable person", with a sensor replaced by the parent company, it actually arrived at home with more corrosion than mpx. After curses and other things, I manage to have it repaired by a specialized laboratory, with the result of seeing corrosion appear again after a few months. A nightmare for all intents and purposes, if I'm honest. Leica no longer manufactures the sensors, and it is not possible to determine "from which year" the sensors are actually final (apparently it seems to be possible by asking the Leica Store), as it is not possible to determine whether the repairs made above are valid or not. Given the not exactly cheap cost in which they are used, for me it would be madness to recommend their purchase, unless a SCRUPULOUS attention during the purchase phase, with painstaking search for even the smallest sign of corrosion present in the sensor. Realistically, by now, a replaced sensor, if it belongs to the faulty specimens, will have already shown signs of corrosion. You only have to shoot at f11 a sky to realize this. I don't comment on the Leica feeling, it's well known and it would be superfluous. |
 | sent on 02 Luglio 2021 Pros: Ease of use, beauty, m glass yield, user experience, construction, grain quality Cons: display, (machissene), slowness, addictive Opinion: I have been prevaricating for years, I have lost years of guduria because I read on the forums of the negatives such as iso rendering, seniority of the project, display, slowness etc. well... I'm not interested in making birds, sports or anything like that. I'm not interested in shooting in the dark at night without tripod. I have a Big Mpx Sony ff with its lenses... I don't need to cover all genres. Grip, put in hand and at the shot seems to blow despite the noise, it is brass and feels, how stabilizes the shutter and DOES NOT close the vision not being the eye where the curtain goes down... you seem to be looking at the scene that shoots, ready and operational by looking much more and predicting what happens if you follow certain situations or if you want to compose differently. The manual maf, you learn immediately and, I am serious, I do not get more than 2 or 3 for every 100 shooting with a 40 1.2... Technological limitations I don't see.. indeed if I place some photos on highly rated forums abroad I receive as a comment that "the M9 still splits" or highly rated characters who after taking it, want to try it and declare "I have M9, M10R and A7R IV but keep reaching for the former! There is something about its files and camera simplicity that speaks to me. All capable of great images." It is not clear if it is the ccd, the type of ccd, or what else.. but despite having 10 years of serious digital behind me, I always prefer these images to everything else up to 800 iso.. and very often at 2500 ISO GODO for the random grain typical of ccd. ONLY what comes out of the Merrill does differently and makes you enjoy the same but we know the other limits. Optical chapter? A 28mm like the Voigtlander ultron mkii at TA smashes even at equal quality mpx (m10r) against a closed 24gm on Sony.. What do you mean? That this medium is also the richest platform in my opinion to enjoy the best lenses ever made, whether they are Leica or Cosina... the blurry quality for the very thin sensor stack and microleaches is embarrassing. If I mount a biogon I have a 3d side rendering that I dream of anywhere else. I mean, needless to say. I just regret having hesitated so much and today I am much happier with a revised M9 than I would have been of an m240 or m10.... precisely because if I look at those numbers that the new ones improve, I would be wrong having something else like Sony by my side. |
 | sent on 02 Ottobre 2020 Pros: Unique quality of files. There is the essentials for great photos. Cons: For photography: nothing! Opinion: If we run after technological innovations, we risk neglecting the essence of photographic art. This machine with a few objectives gives us the opportunity and the opportunity to create and focus on the essentials. To capture with good results events, events, images, memories .... technologically advanced devices such as mobile phones or machines with millions of pixels. From my many years of experience I have come to the conclusion that this machine, the Leica M9, is the optimal means to get the best photographic results. I do not want to disincentivise the race behind technological innovations is certainly an interesting and in some ways rewarding activity. But to make good photographs you have to focus on much more and the Leica M9 is an extraordinary means for this. A warm greeting from an old tech enthusiast, but above all photography. Caesar M. |
 | sent on 30 Gennaio 2020 Pros: So many if it fits our logic of photographic medium Cons: So many if it does not fit into the personal logic of photographic means. Opinion: I've been waiting for it to become my full-fledged vehicle. From beginning hard to understand. The habit of all the automations of the recent reflex immediately creates a dam between loving and hading it. It takes time. Now I can say it's the ultimate machine for me. Leica is marketing a megapixel-based policy with the latest M series... absurd for so many reasons, one out of all the history of this model. The M9 remains unique and will remain forever. For everything else, there are the unbridled chases to the technology. |
 | sent on 23 Gennaio 2020 Pros: Constructive Quality, File Yield, Simplicity of Use, M Optical Quality, Bella crazy in Black Paint. Cons: Maybe the display but I don't use it Opinion: I arrived at the Leica M9 passing by the M8 with a lot of qualms having read of some experiences in black and white less exhilarating than the M8. Since I hardly use the color profile I found an opportunity to buy it and I caught it. I've never regretted it since. Describing its build quality might be superfluous, it would be like boasting that a Roll's Royce is built well... and we'd also miss it. It is heavy but at the same time very balanced, the viewfinder I find second only to the M3, had in the past, but we are perfect. The quality of the photos... I can only say that I am always excited. Mind you, we always talk about black and white. Infinite shades of gray (other than 50...), deep blacks and that feeling in whites that only the film could return me. On everything, however, the approach wins. A way of living photography more "thought", without the kind of anxiety from a thousand shots that I have always tried with other systems. The display may be the only weak point because certainly much less performing than the current ones but I don't care because I never use it in fact I keep it covered using a leather back cover that give it an amazing vintage look, from old film machine. Another detail that makes a difference to me... material. Brass painted in black that reappears in the beading and in the places where it is most handled... Wow!!! It's a machine that I don't recommend at all, actually... it has to like the telemeter and a certain approach to photography and the only risk factor as far as I'm concerned is the Monochrom CCD. But she can hardly be ousted from her throne. |
 | sent on 06 Giugno 2019 Pros: Sensor, construction, feeling, simplicity, slow Park, Cons: Macro, LCD (just pretend you have an MD) Opinion: Having had and sold a M8 and an M9 I regained a M9-P a week ago. I had a short period "Canon" with a 5D and a 5D mkII with optics the likes of 35L 1.4 and 24-70 L 2.8 But I could not get out of her head. It's the feeling you feel with a Leica that, as far as I'm concerned, is priceless. Iso for me more than enough, even at 2500 with a bit of mastery pulls out of the files that recall the film and having started with the film more than 20 years ago, for me is the maximum. Recommended only to those who know what is buying and only after having tried it. I use it paired with a Summicron-C 40mm F2, focal for me perfect. |
 | sent on 19 Gennaio 2019 Pros: Excellent file quality, robust, beautiful, colors. Cons: Monitor Opinion: I have a few months that I have this jewel, taken at a great price due to the sensor not replaced, has some speckle on the sensor, but I prefer to keep it so, replace a sensor in my opinion is not easy and I do not trust, not even from the parent. Wonderful file quality, are very special, I matched 35 Nokton Voight, Zeiss 25, Leica Summicron 90, 135 Tele Elmar, all give excellent results, I think the CCD still says its, pity it was not developed over time. Previously I had the M6, I always liked the Telemtro, I think after a little ' exercise, the MF becomes simple and fast. Too nice to use, you want to always carry it with you, then every shot we find poetry, sensor always very resolute, and depth of excellent color. I just wanted to remind those who have compiled the technical data sheet, that there is only one type of measurement, the central medium, without the possibility of intervening |
 | sent on 19 Febbraio 2017 Pros: size, minimalist, FF sensor, CCD, a few buttons, menus on a page, silent, optical viewfinder. Cons: LCD slow and resolute little, write buffer and limited reading, Iso limited. Opinion: It 'a very special car, still capable (given his age) to give you unique emotions and sensations because of its CCD sensor without filter AA.rnDimenticate the automatism of the Japanese, this is a machine that can make you think about how to compose and focus correttamente.rnCapisco sure unit is not for everyone, but this car after a while that you use from addictions, and color rendering is unica.rnrnHo had in years of M multiple optical system, but I think the Leica M being simple in its system, simplification requires the use of lenses. So I recommend a few slow but good. The M9 with 35mm Cron is the perfect combination of simplicity, quality, minimalism. |
 | sent on 11 Maggio 2016 Pros: Construction, image quality, size, held in the second-price, CCD sensor. Cons: Display, high iso, possible delamination of the sensor. Opinion: The first Leica digital ff could only be a masterpiece, even considering the "gym" made by the Royal House with the M8. The building is at the top, either as material or as aesthetics and the image quality is not compromised, as long as you shots at low ISO (say no more than 320). The details returned by the CCD sensor is impressive, although I noticed that the M9 has more saturated colors than the M8; I honestly prefer those of sister, as long as you mount the IR filter on obiettivi.rnPer remain on the sensor can be said of the delamination problem is solved by Leica warranty; the service is slow (6-8 weeks) but the body returns to it in his hand almost like new, with an internal cleaning and calibration of the rangefinder always welcome and to date the repair is definitiva.rnIl purchase price is slightly higher than that a recent Japanese ff, but the MMT estate is much higher. rnChe say, if you like and know how to use the rangefinder, if you're tiredAF, stabilizers, gusts, guns and photographic genres practiced by you dont allow the M9 is the best there is in circulation with investments all things considered moderate. Coupled with extraordinary Leitz optics of the past (iv Summicron 35mm, NOCTILUX f1, Summilux 75mm) is capable, in expert hands, to turn a click into poetry. |
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 | sent on 26 Novembre 2015 Pros: CCD sensor, full frame, beauty, strength, quality, leica M bayonet, rangefinder Cons: High cost of the used, low resistance to high ISO, LCD obscene Opinion: The best digital camera I've ever had, in terms of yield cromatica.rnI dng are fabulous, ready to use, very tridimensionali.rnIl camera body is first class quality without compromessi.rnrnDi contrast, the yield is at high iso bad and forces who set off at night to work at full aperture objectives with very bright (and expensive) also made the LCD monitor is borderline dell'indecenza.rnrnLa lack of autofocus lenses and pushed the machine makes a very sectoral, not It is suitable for everyone. |
 | sent on 30 Aprile 2013 Pros: Silent and robust Full Frame, essential enough, minimalist approach photography. The quality of the files is undisputed. The CCD sensor, without the anti-aliasing filter, makes the most of an excellent optical park. The focus rangefinder allows you to use it even in the dark, where it always works and accurately. Possibility of usar times well below the safety time, considering the very small vibrations due to the absence of movement of the mirror. Cons: It 'possible that the focus rangefinder not like it at all, as well as the almost complete lack of automation. It lacks a mechanism for cleaning the sensor. The change of the memory card and the battery is cumbersome, because it involves the removal of the metal bottom. Yield high ISO little effective, although the noise is quite pleasant and assimilable with ease to the grain of a film. Firmware is not perfect. High price, but there is talk of a flagship for its category. Opinion: I dropped a few years ago a Japanese world full frame, made of super zoom and autofocus and chilate of stuff, to arrive home and indulge a Leica my desire to photograph extremely controlled and ragionata.rnE 'essential, the M9, like all Leica M. If you do not master the photographic technique can not make us beautiful foto.rnSi is almost a return to the roots, sometimes even touching: hyperfocal focus manually (when you get familiar with the rangefinder becomes fast), aperture and shutter. The depth of the field need to know from you, because there is no way to know, during shooting. And then there are the lenses Leitz, a system eccellente.rnNon never get tired of holding it, if only for the sake of it, and it becomes an extreme pleasure to wait for the right moment to shoot. Almost as much as it is captured. Maybe close to your subject, without this you see or hear you. You can be invisible if desired. Discreet and efficace.rnFotografare with the Leica M, the M8 to the M9 that I still use, it helped me to regain possession of that deartteristica that the street photographer or reportage, which brings you to predict what will happen just before and shoot at the right time. It 's very easy, with a Leica M to the eye, being able to see what is happening around you and above your subject, because you have a free eye and especially a lot of space in mirino.rnLa made in black and white CCD is excellent. It is also in color, to be sure, but it does not interest me anymore, for a long time now. |
 | sent on 05 Aprile 2013 Pros: Many, perhaps too many, give him a hammer as he did with his Michelangeo Moses. Cons: Managing high ISO (resolved with version Monochrom and M240), do not digest well all SD, battery life limitata.rnCosto Charity is not a counter. Opinion: The essence of a hundred years of history Leica land on FF M9, the M9-P differs only in matters estetiche.rnE 'the machine that makes it better, in my opinion, the color rendering, the most faithful and to realistica.rnCCD low ISO still has today, four years after its launch, the more material you can return, than CMOS version of the 240 is made attuale.rnOttima ASPH lens that spherical, of course the first pull the neck most of the sensor, but the second retain all their charm, especially for lower contrast in BW and more creamy bokeh, especially the Noctilux, 35 and 75Lux of Madleriana memoria.rnGran machine, get one used today can be a bargain, stop wearing Kg and Kg in shoulder DSLR and "change" life. Try it! |
  | sent on 13 Settembre 2012 Pros: Quality to date reference with the original optics (series aspherical) immediacy of use (nuts exposure time, aperture and focus, and that's it) Cons: maf telemetry difficult for those not used to it - poor yield above 800 ISO - poor battery life - phenomena of sudden freeze - you can not make close-up shots and shooting with telephoto lenses pushed (like any unit to unit) - no system sensor cleaning (and mirror ...) - sporadic appearance of moiré subjects textured fine - slow overall operation and writing in particular - resolution display very modest in relation to the cost of the camera and the quality of the files to check - cost disproportionate (camera and lenses) Opinion: I used 2 M9 for a couple of years, with the original goals 21/2, 8 ASPH, 28/2 ASPH., 35/1.4 ASPH., 50/2, apo 90/2 ASPH. and apo 135/3, 4. It goes without saying that the parameters of evaluation possonoe not be those of a DSRL current: is a camera intended to anyone involved in reportage, and in particular to ambient light. A user already experienced the telemetry systems on film, will be at home in the use of this camera. A neophyte who comes from a digital SLR may be baffled. That said, the structure of the sensor, with peripheral inclined to optimize the projection of the original optical system dedicated to M, gives excellent results to the corners of the format, as long as you use just the expensive and excellent Leica - M, preferably in their declination aspherical, especially for wide angle lenses. With this system is obtained, to date, a sharpness and a cleaning dl'immagine unsurpassed, also thanks to the absence of the anti-aliasing filter. 18Mpxl that seem to be 30 ... The lack of skill at high ISO are partly offset by the performance objectives of the system, some bright and quality always at the top. |
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