Leica M9 Full frame

Agreed! Looks like something that my grandfather would have used. Only this one is digital!
 
It sure is ugly, but it looks like it could be quite nice for landscape work. Now that's a small size I would not mind taking on a hike. Too expensive though :D. But interesting, non the less
 
It looks just like the M8? :confused:

I would have thought one of these would be more suited to landscape, as far as hand-held cameras go?
 
If you really what to become a pro landscape guy, shouldn't you be shooting MF & 4x5 Velvia?
 
This is what a digital Leica M should have been all along.

I always thought Leica's excuse for a small sensor in the M8 was primarily because vignetting/light falloff would be too evident with a full-frame sensor in an M-sized body
I wonder how they've resolved the issue? My assumption is there would be some kind of digital compensation.
mercurial said:
But it's so fugly :D
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Take a deep look, it may look clunky, simple and understated, but enthusiasts, whether they will ever afford one or not, acknowledge the M series cameras as masterpieces of design.

EDIT: Ahh, the light falloff issue is explained somewhat:
The M8 had a 27 x 18 mm (1.3x crop) sensor and some thought it simply wouldn't be possible to use a full-frame (36 x 24 mm) sensor on a rangefinder, but Leica appear to think otherwise. Their approach is the same as for the M8; use offset microlenses (instead of placing all microlenses directly over the photodiode they are gradually offset as you get closer to the edge of the frame - see below) and to know which lens is being used and apply some software correction.

Below is a diagram provided by Leica which does some way to explaining how microlenses at the edge of the frame are offset from the photodiode below them, compared to a normal microlens / photodiode combination in the center of the frame.
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What kind of lenses doest his take? I thought Leica has gone 4/3? Or does it use their full frame lenses? :confused:
 
koffiejunkie said:
What kind of lenses doest his take? I thought Leica has gone 4/3? Or does it use their full frame lenses? :confused:
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It takes any M Mount lens. Introduced in 1954, it has since remained the standard for all the finest 35mm film Rangefinders.

Therefore, with the M9 and its full frame sensor, an M-type lens can again be used to it's full potential.
 
So why was then ever a concern about vignetting with full frame? Surely it's 35mm film heritage would have make that a well documented issue/non-issue?
 
ldmelsa said:
KJ:"concern about vignetting with full frame?"

there was?
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I'm just going by what's in the original post:

Moklet Kcuf said:
I always thought Leica's excuse for a small sensor in the M8 was primarily because vignetting/light falloff would be too evident with a full-frame sensor in an M-sized body
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I'm not trying to be an ass, btw. I just don't know much about Leica's models and I don't tend to pay too much attention, because they're just unrealistically expensive.
 
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