Abstract: The 10 classic cameras on this list are all beautiful objects capable of taking superb pictures. They're also outstanding examples of brilliantly integrated camera design, and each in its own way is a technological masterpice. To make things a little mo...
Abstract: Let's compare a , and , each with a 35mm f/2 lens. Let's see how well the real-world combinations of lenses and cameras compare. No one ever dares do comparisons aga......
Abstract: The LEICA M-E is the in a different color, without the needless USB port and viewfinder-frame preselector lever — for a $1,500 discount from the other M9! See my for an in-depth review, all of which applies to the LEICA M...
Abstract: Background Here we are again, for better or worse. When I published my Sony NEX-7 Rolling Review I wrote a section in which I compared the NEX-7 to the M9 in terms of resolution, and only resolution. Since I own both (or at least I will when my own...
Abstract: An interesting side note is that since these CSCs started to appear Leica M lenses have become almost unavailable from stock anywhere in the world. Backorders of from two to six months have been the norm. At a trade show in...
Abstract: It’s hard to think of a technology product with more allure than Leica’s M9. Its mix of inaccessibility, history, and design is almost unrivaled in the technology world (except maybe by something like the Minimoog), so it’s hard to simply look at it a...
Abstract: Seastacks and Sundog I received my M9 at Christmastime, ’09. As a landscape photographer, I was curious-verging-on-skeptical if this would be the camera for me but I was determined to make the investment and try. It was time for me to change my equipm...
Abstract: Few electronic devices are as lusted over as Leica’s cameras. Leica is one of a very small number of companies that has been able to get old-world, handmade craftsmanship and move that over to the digital age. Their eye-popping price tags entice as man...
Abstract: The first digital Leica M with a full-frame, 24x36mm sensor (active area 23.9x35.8mm), the M9 offers 18-megapixel capture and unrestricted coverage with nearly the entire range of Leica lenses past and present, including extreme wide angles. Perhap...
