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Sorry to see that Lloyd, hope they have a good one in stock for you! For what's worth the first flower image shows some fantastic qualities!Yup. I just found it in a shot at 160, which is the lowest I tried. Not happy.
Thanks David. Mine is back in their hands. Not another available until the 3rd shipment, so I'm on the sidelines for a while at least. I may just sit back and see how this shakes out. I have a habit of being an early adopter, and you'd think I'd learn. There are many, many things to love about the M9... I can see that a great deal of thought (and listening to input from working photogs) went into its design and function. I was (am?) more than excited to work with one... there are indeed some fantastic qualities to it's images. BTW, to me one of the best things about it was the big, bright viewfinder... and I loved that the framelines for my telephoto lenses was so much larger. Much easier to frame and to focus.
I was an early adopter too and suffered a little, my very first M8 died after 24 hours....
I'm sure that's true. I got the first M8 that arrived at my local shop, and found issues with the sensor before I even got it home. It had a number of frustrating bugs, and having been a Leica shooter since 1968, I was pretty frustrated. I ultimately went through three M8s before finding my current copy, which I dearly love, and which I intend to keep even with the M9. I agree with what you say, but at the very dear prices we pay for Leica, some first-rate QC doesn't seem too much to expect.
no processing in Lightoom (everything default .. auto WB), exception of noise and sharpening, zeroed out
i agree.. the lens i put back on was a coded version of the 50 asph lux., so it would have seen it was something different.
The camera has to be set to Automatic to detect the coding. It it's on manual, it must be set manually. However, from what I've seen, I don't think there is much going on with the settings other than the metadata having the focal length and maximum aperture of the lens mounted. Most of the adjustments made via the coding on when on the M8 have be eliminated (as has the need for IR filters). I accidently shot some with an IR filter still mounted, and did not a little subtle vignetting, but that was all. The camera seemed to work well whether I set the proper code, had a coded lens on auto or not.
