Hm, somehow I find it strange in this thread that a lot of issues are discussed and are thrown at the M9 that are not about the M9 or are a clear thing whit regard to this camera type. First, there is the price : well, it is in a region where the top-of-the-line Canon or Nikon cameras are. Then, that for this price it is not a life-long investment. Let\'s see: Canon 1Ds announced in Sept.2002, 1DsII announced in Aug. 2004, 1DsII announced in Aug. 2007. That makes it 2-3 years, in a time when technology evolved at high speed, at least according to this \"obsolete\" whining. So, the Canon flagship is obsolete and is replaced every 2-3 years, not counting the competition, but a Leica at the same price - that\'s another storry. And, as a rangefinder, the Leica has at this time no real competition. Only when Zeiss or Cosina/Voigtlander come to the digital ranagefinder playground they will have direct competition. Until then, they can release a new camera at will, just barely keeping up with technology. Because people by a system, are happy with the advantages and don\'t care about disatvantages that are not important for their line of work ( like the use of long lenses or the fps that is pretty irrelevant for a lot of people ). I would like to have one, but simply don\'t have the cash, as I don\'t have the cash for a 1DsIII, but when I can have a full, full frame camera system for less weight than my 1Ds alone - is a very tempting proposition.
Oct 19, 2009 at 07:00 AM
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