This customized Leica M9 in Ruthenium was created by HRR Manufaktur in Germany. My understanding is that they will be making a limited number of these M9’s. Price and availability is not public yet. The attached lens is the Noktor 50mm f/0.95 Hyperprime (there is currently one listed on eBay). Two more images of the customized Ruthenium M9 after the break:
The next Tamarkin & Bertoldi Vintage Auctions will be held this weekend – Saturday and Sunday, October 27 & 28, 2012 and will include 549 lots of rare and collectible photographic items from Leica, Nikon, Hasselblad, Rollei and others:
In a series of articles on full frame cameras, Chipworks covered also the new MAX 24 MP full frame sensor that will be used in the new Leica M and basically described it as a game changer based on the 6µm pixels and 0.11µm/90nm design rules:
Used Leica M9 digital rangefinders currently sell for slightly above $4,000 on eBay (completed listings) – this is around $1,500 less than a brand new Leica M-E (priced at $5,450). With the exception of the frame selector, USB port and color/material, the M9 and M-E are basically identical cameras. Here are some of the active Leica M9 […]
This video continues our series of features on the photographers of Facing Change: Documenting America, a non-profit collective of prominent photographers and writers who have come together to explore the United States during one of the most enduring times in the nation’s history. The work of Danny Wilcox Frazier focuses on traditional rural culture and […]
Today’s guest post is by Iain Parker (www.zvezdaphoto.co.uk) who documented his trip to Japan, Australia, India and Nepal with a Leica M7: In May-August of this year my wife Ulyana and I went on our honeymoon, four counties in three months, Japan, Australia, India and Nepal. Ulyana is a painter and I am a photographer. […]
Craig Semetko launched his new project America: E Pluribus Unum on Kickstarter. The entire project has been shot with a Leica M9. I personally attended one of his Leica workshops and can only encourage you to support his venture. Check also his last book Unposed. Some more info on the America: E Pluribus Unum project: There will […]
