My age brings some problems for using my M9: not so good eye sight and kind of shaky hands.
I studied in detail the photos I took last year and noticed that far too many are not really sharp.
This is, I think, more a consequence of not precise focussing than of shaky hands.
I did invest in a Walter eyepiece to improve focussing accuracy, but the Walter did not really improve much.
Since this lack of sharpness is also visible in many shots in higher shutter speeds I strongly doubt that my unstable hands did cause the problem?
I now would like to find out whether it is realistic to expect that precise focussing the new M will be easier than my M9?
If I can convince myself that this is the case I will order the new M.
If not, I might buy the Sony RX1 which is not only an impressing camera but for me more importantly very easy in focusing precisely.
Since a large part of my last year's shots were in 35mm, dealing with the fixed 35mm lens of the RX1 would not be a too limiting factor.
However this would be a step back out of the Leica world!
Harry
P.S. I posted this also on another Forum
I studied in detail the photos I took last year and noticed that far too many are not really sharp.
This is, I think, more a consequence of not precise focussing than of shaky hands.
I did invest in a Walter eyepiece to improve focussing accuracy, but the Walter did not really improve much.
Since this lack of sharpness is also visible in many shots in higher shutter speeds I strongly doubt that my unstable hands did cause the problem?
I now would like to find out whether it is realistic to expect that precise focussing the new M will be easier than my M9?
If I can convince myself that this is the case I will order the new M.
If not, I might buy the Sony RX1 which is not only an impressing camera but for me more importantly very easy in focusing precisely.
Since a large part of my last year's shots were in 35mm, dealing with the fixed 35mm lens of the RX1 would not be a too limiting factor.
However this would be a step back out of the Leica world!
Harry
P.S. I posted this also on another Forum