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Steel grey M9?
- Thread starter rchisholm
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innerimager
Member
Just got one from Tamarkin in Ct., arriving tomorrow. I was on his list. I asked if this meant more grey ones were coming soon, he wasn't sure. Good luck finding yours...Peter
francishmt
New member
Peter, show us some pictures when yours arrived, especially with some good looking chrome lens mounted on it if you have them. I am dying here waiting for mine....
innerimager
Member
Will do gents. It will sport my chrome 50/1.4 asph which will be my main lens on the M9 and the reason I went steel grey.
bradhusick
Active member
For your edification, here are some beauty shots of the Steel Grey M9 with a variety of Leica lenses. Enjoy. Click for larger versions.
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bradhusick
Active member
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francishmt
New member
OMG! The steel grey is so so handsome!
innerimager
Member
Not only did you save me the trouble, but you're making it even harder to sleep tonight! Thanks Brad.....Peter
innerimager
Member
Got mine and I really do like it's look, especially with chrome lenses. Also, I had a chrome M8 grip which I am using with the M9 and it looks quite fine, I see no need to get a steel grey grip. While we're at it, it's one heck of a camera! best...Peter
jonoslack
Active member
Congratulations Peter
I'm hoping for mine next week . . . . hoping!
Brad - thanks for those shots, it makes the waiting for the grey so much easier :ROTFL:
all the best
W
wilsonlaidlaw
Guest
In three years of a chrome M8, I think I had two people comment on it and it was along the lines of "it's nice to see someone still using a film camera." During last week-end in Naples, Italy, I had three people ask me if that was the new M9 and saying how nice the grey finish looked and no, they weren't muggers checking if it was worth stealing.
Wilson
Wilson
jonoslack
Active member
Wow - doesn't that show how far Leica have come in the last 3 years.
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Jono we had the steel grey in Oregon and it was very nice looking. Brad wanted to buy it on the spot but it was a loaner so a no go from Leica. I'm more a black camera person but I did like it
jonoslack
Active member
Hi Guy
Well, I'm more of a black camera person as well, but I like to have two M bodies, and if they're the same colour I get confused (I am very old and infirm). I've had a grey one on order since September (no special favours here) it's not here yet . . but I'm nearly at the top of the list, next week maybe?
GMB
Active member
This is torture:angry::angry::angry::angry::angry:
I ordered mine at the end of September and still waiting :cussing::cussing::cussing:
There was only one guy in front of me for a gray one but Belgium is such a small market that nothing arrives. Let's hope for Santa Clause and congratulations for your new toy :thumbs:
J
JackM
Guest
I ordered grey in August. I got it Nov. 13th from David Farkas and the 13th was a lucky day. I had a titanium M6 and a chrome M8 so I perfer the combo, in part because fewer people think it is new. It makes a Leica look even older. The finish is holding up just fine to my abuse. See the shot of the M9 vs the M8.
