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post #16 of 21
1/11/12 at 7:27am
Also, it could easily take a year or more to get all those lenses in hand. The wait time for the 1.4/35mm ASPH FLE is indefinite.
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post #17 of 21
1/12/12 at 3:11am
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I don't know anything about rangefinders. I used a pair of Canon F1 SRLs since the early 80's. Am using an Olympus E-P2 now.
I want something more compact than current DSLR's with excellent lenses and image quality, and a viewfinder that I can look into, as opposed to composing on the lcd screen. I want it to be as reliable and durable and well built as my Canon F1. (which I loved.)
The Olympus has been a good camera, but am wondering if moving up to a larger sensor would be good.
Everyone raves about Leica lenses, and I tend to favor primes over zooms, so the Leica lenses look like a good fit. M9 build quality, manual focus, and controls all appeal to me.

You should rent a M9 to see what it's like using a rangefinder and manual focusing. Dropping more than $20k on something you have never seen or used seems... irrational. Also, build quality on the M9 is questionable vs a M6.
What kind of pictures do you take?
!luc
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post #18 of 21
1/12/12 at 1:41pm
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You should rent a M9 to see what it's like using a rangefinder and manual focusing. Dropping more than $20k on something you have never seen or used seems... irrational. Also, build quality on the M9 is questionable vs a M6.
What kind of pictures do you take?
!luc

I take mostly landscapes and people pictures, along with general outdoor photography.

Honestly, the more I read and see about the upcoming Fuji X-Pro 1, the more I think that it may be a better system for me than the Leica.

Compared with the M9, I like the possibility of through the lens view with the hybrid viewfinder, no need to change out rangefinder attachments for various lenses, and the lower price.

I'm going to wait and see what the reviews on the X-Pro 1 are like before I drop serious $$ on a Leica system.
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post #19 of 21
1/12/12 at 10:45pm
Is it safe to say that you don't want something as large as the Canon 5DmkII or Sony A900, but don't want to give up a TTL view?

Optical viewfinders such as those on Leicas and Fujis are most suited for reportage and street photography, not so much for landscape and portraiture.

The Fuji X-Pro1's EVF has the same specs as the Nikon V1, which is not bad but definitely pixelated compared to the Sony NEX-7, which is my recommendation.
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post #20 of 21
1/13/12 at 12:52pm
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Compared with the M9, I like the possibility of through the lens view with the hybrid viewfinder, no need to change out rangefinder attachments for various lenses, and the lower price.

You won't need to attach an external viewfinder so long as your lenses correspond with the frame-lines built into the internal viewfinder. You'd have 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 75mm, 90mm and 135mm available in the M9.

The X-Pro1, like every other mirrorless interchangeable lens camera other than the M9, does not have a full-frame sensor. Due to the crop factor, you must use a wider angle lens to achieve the angle of view you'd expect if using 35mm film or a full-frame sensor. For that reason alone, I'd never invest in expensive lenses meant for anything less than a full-frame system.
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post #21 of 21
1/15/12 at 7:43am
In case you haven't seen it already, Lloyd Chambers's Leica Guide is a very detailed, technical review of the Leica system. It's well worth the subscription fee if you're going to be buying such an expensive system: http://diglloyd.com/index-leica.html. You can see in the table of contents that he directly compares the Noctilux to the 50/1.4.

He also recently covered the Sony NEX-7, and has plans to cover the X-Pro 1, too in the Advanced Photography section.
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