I mentioned that few days ago – there will be also two more Leica M9 Hermes limited edition kits that will probably be announced today: There is again some talk about two new Hermes Limited Edition kits – the first one will have 1 camera + 1 lens, the other one will have 1 camera + 2 [...]
The upcoming Leica Monochrome digital rangefinder (with a black and white only sensor) will have a M9-like body. We are not going to see a new M10 camera on May 10 - a completely new M10 will probably be announced in September during Photokina. I am still trying to get a confirmation on whether the new Leica Monochrome [...]
Today I will be comparing apples and oranges. The Leica M9 and Fuji X-Pro 1 are two completely different beasts. The only similarity is the way both cameras look. Well, actually there is more then that – both have optical viewfinders, similar megapixel counts (18MP vs. 16.3MP) and no anti-aliasing (AA) filter and that’s about it. I am not going [...]
Several readers have informed me that there is currently a shortage of M9 CCD sensors. Cameras sent in for sensor repairs were in some case replaced with brand new M9s as a result of this shortage. The 18MP sensor inside the M9 was initially produced by Kodak, but their sensor division was sold to Platinum Equity in November 2011.
I’ve read about it online, but I never thought it will happen to me – the sensor of my Leica M9 cracked today. I cannot link the crack to anything I did nor to any extreme weather conditions. My M9 was probably from the first batch of cameras that came in the US and it’s still under [...]
