My M9 arrived yesterday. Overall I'm really happy. A few observations:
Some of the CV lenses I used on the M8 don't stand up to the Leica's I've been using. Much more so than on the M8. One exception is the little 35 color skopar.
ISO 640, 2.5 1/30th
The 75 sumarit really sings on this camera. Here's handheld, 1/20th wide open:
The shutter is much better than the M8. I seem to be able to hand hold this thing to well below what I could have with the M8. Also, I know the iso is supposed to be only a stop better than the M8, but IMHO, it has a better look to it. The highlight retention, color and sharpness of the high iso files seem much better. Here's the CV 50 Nokton @ 1.5, handheld @ 15/th, iso 1250
I've only had it for a grand total of 12 hours, and 8 of those were spent sleeping, so I have a lot of testing left to do, but I'll try to report back with my findings when I do.
Overall, I'm very pleased.
Some of the CV lenses I used on the M8 don't stand up to the Leica's I've been using. Much more so than on the M8. One exception is the little 35 color skopar.
ISO 640, 2.5 1/30th
The 75 sumarit really sings on this camera. Here's handheld, 1/20th wide open:
The shutter is much better than the M8. I seem to be able to hand hold this thing to well below what I could have with the M8. Also, I know the iso is supposed to be only a stop better than the M8, but IMHO, it has a better look to it. The highlight retention, color and sharpness of the high iso files seem much better. Here's the CV 50 Nokton @ 1.5, handheld @ 15/th, iso 1250
I've only had it for a grand total of 12 hours, and 8 of those were spent sleeping, so I have a lot of testing left to do, but I'll try to report back with my findings when I do.
Overall, I'm very pleased.