Luminous-landscape, Reidreviews were sone of the lucky few that had the chance to play with the Leica M9 (and S2, and X1) back in August, before the products were announced. David Farkas was also there and here is his detailed review of the Leica M9 (a must read).
For more M9 reviews click here.
Update: an interview with Stefan Daniel was just posted – the interesting part: a possible Leica M9 firmware update for higher ISO.
Joseph Reid had the chance to talk to Leica ‘s CEO Rudi Spiller yesterday, after the unveiling of the M9. Here is the full interview. Did you know that there is a Leica Academy?
As reported previously, a new Leica store was opened today in London.
Images of the new Leica store.
For previous Leica stores stories, click here.
Full press release after the break:
I will also be updating those links throughout the day, check back again:
Leica M9 test shots:
More Leica M9 test shots:
leica X1 sensor comparisson
This post will be updated multiple times today. Just keep hitting the refresh button on this post/page to get the latest.
9:43 – Seal had an early sample of the Leica M9
9:41 – Seal (big Leica fan) is speaking…
9:37 – the third product is the S2… false alarm… no R10
9:35 – introducing the Leica X1 – available early December 2009
9:33 – M9 available in the “next days” worldwide
9:31 – Leica M9 sensor is from Kodak (designed specially for Leica)
9:28 – Stefan Daniel to introduce new products…
9:26 – 3 new Leica products…. yes he said 3….
9:21 – Leica’s CEO speaking about the “Leica experience”
9:17 dpreview has the brief hands on preview for the M9 and X1, no R10
9:09 – the presentation will start @ 9:15 – I guess I am not the only one with technical problems 🙂
8:56 – well Leica website is down too…
8:38 – go to dpreview and check their logo on the top left corner
8:37 – Database problems on the grid – nothing I can do
6:55 – Leica X1 on a dealer site
6:52 – Leica M9 price in Australia: AUD11,995 incl. Tax (10% GST)
6:47 – tomorrow a new Leica stores opens in London
6:40 – the X1 optional grip will cost US$110 6:33 – comment on LeicaRumors:
“A Leica rep ensured me yesterday that the X1 is a complete inhouse development and has nothing to do with the GF1 or any mFT or FT. It has a CMOS APS-C sensor (which is nearly twice as big as a FT sensor) delivered by an “unknown supplier†in it.”
6:29 – here is the US pricing of the X1 and the M9 and those are the full specs of the Leica X1 (fresh of the press).
