THE LEICA M9 REAL WORLD REVIEW

PAGE 1 - THE FULL FRAME BEAUTY ARRIVES

PAGE 2 - The goods. What comes in the box and what’s new?

PAGE 3 - Is FULL FRAME really that much better?

PAGE 4 - High ISO low light photography, and the M9

PAGE 5 - Color - M9 packs a PUNCH!

PAGE 6 - Some M9 Black & White conversions

PAGE 7 - The 35 Summilux and the M9 - A match made in heaven or hell?

PAGE 8 - Full Frame = Vignetting? Not on the M9!

PAGE 9 - Untouched Full Size Sample Downloads

PAGE 10 - My favorite images form my time with the M9

PAGE 11 - More M9 from other Leica photographers

PAGE 12 - My final thoughts and conclusion

PAGE 13 - Why I prefer shooting with a rangefinder camera.

NEW! > - My Ongoing Leica M9 Daily Diary - Updated DAILY!

PAGE 9 - Untouched out of camera samples.    next---->

While I like to provide my real world “final result” samples in these reviews, I do know that many of you enjoy looking at untouched, full size samples so this page will have a few full size M9 images you can download. These are UNTOUCHED and straight from the camera. They are not the most exciting images in the world, but should provide some variety so you can judge tonality, sharpness, etc. for yourself. Also, these are not the full 20+MB file sizes as I had to save them as a “10” JPEG in Photoshop to cut down the file size as my bandwidth is limited.

24 SUMMILUX AT F2 - ISO 400 - CLICK FOR ORIGINAL 18MP FULL SIZE SAMPLE

50 SUMMILUX PRE-ASPH AT F8 - CLICK FOR ORIGINAL 18MP FULL SIZE SAMPLE

90 SUMMARIT AT F4 - CLICK FOR ORIGINAL 18MP UNTOUCHED FILE

50 SUMMILUX PRE-ASPH AT 1.4 - CLICK FOR ORIGINAL 18MP UNTOUCHED FILE

90 SUMMICRON AT F2 -  SAVED AS 12 QUALITY JPEG. 11MB FILE, JUST CLICK IMAGE.

FULL SIZE UNALTERED 18MP SAMPLE. 50 SUMMILUX PRE-ASPH AT F8.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO PAGE 10 - MY FAVES FROM MY TIME WITH THE M9

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself. - Diane Arbus