Gear Talk > Third Party Manufacturers

Leica M9-P

<< < (4/4)

Leica M9P:
When you go for quality, prime lenses are usually preferable to zooms. Then you find that for lenses <101mm Zeiss primes usually are better than Canon primes. Finally Leica lenses are usually better than Zeiss.....

The M9(P) is carrier for some of the most amazing (and expensive) lenses ever made. Compare a 35mm f1.4 asph or 28mm f2.0 asph with an SLR lens (size, quality, cost), the 50mm f.4 asph is usually regarded as the best 50mm ever made for "35mm" cameras.

Law of diminishing return (and income) as to whether it works for you...

Rocky:

--- Quote from: Tijn on March 08, 2012, 02:47:28 PM ---[Then we agree on that part. This camera *doesn't* do anything automatically (well, almost), so by buying it you force yourself to do all of the things yourself manually. And that's exactly why you buy it, you want it to do that. You want to have to do it yourself. You could use the "manual" switch on a DSLR, but you'd need willpower to not just switch it back out of frustration.

Many here say it's not overpriced. But just consider... This camera is quite a bit more expensive than the 1D-X, which is really expensive already and sports all the newest digital camera technology. When good photographers are behind the respective cameras, and good lenses in front, I doubt you could tell from the images alone which was taken with which (in normal settings, say daylight street settings). I also doubt that the Leica would enable the possibility of pictures that a DSLR would simply not be able to take. An example of that would be nice.

--- End quote ---
Getting the picture is one thing. HOW to get the picture is another thing.  For low light shooting, M9 will be a joy to use, due to  fast lens, accurate and fast range finder, less vibration and the balance in your hand. On the other hand, If you want to use long lens or close up, you are forced to use the Visoflex (add on mirror housing) and you will hate it. Since you are comparing it to D1 X.  Just imargine the differenece of the size and weight between the two camera body plus 3 fast prime lenses. Which one would you like to carry for a whole day? M9 does not have AF. But the range finder is very accurate and the focusing action of the lens is silky smooth. Each lens  also provide a very usable depth of field scale. It is a thinker's camera.  You should try it yourself at the store.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page