Earlier today.
Grade 6 is… history.
↑Leica M9 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE.
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…but before today, there was the first day:
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 28mm Elmarit ASPH f/2.8.
Dear Leica,
Three years ago, I wrote you a letter.
Over 650 passionate photographers have signed it.
(We are requesting an updated M camera with a CCD sensor.)
Thank you.
—Peter.
This was posted yesterday on SteveHuffPhoto.com.
I’m really proud to be in the company of these photographers and I want to thank Elie Bescont for including me (and organizing it all).
CCD Lives! (Prosophos Open Leter to Leica)
—Peter.
I was thinking this morning, after surveying the current crop of digital cameras, that if a brand new camera was released today and it was called the CaNikoSoFujOlySigRicoPenta X1-Turbo, but it had the output of the M9 at base ISO, it would sell like crazy.
—Peter.
My first image for De Mello Coffee.
(square crop for Instagram)
—Peter.
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH.
—Radiohead, Decks Dark (from the album A Moon Shaped Pool).
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↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Voigtländer Color Skopar 35mm f/2.5 Pancake II.
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH.
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH.
🙂
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After experimenting with the Nikon D810 (and other cameras) for more than seven months, I continue to prefer the Leica M9/M-E for image quality, at base ISO.
It is clear to me that the D810 has the better performing sensor by all objective metrics and has more malleable files, but somehow the M9 images look better.
(The runner up camera is once again the Leica M8.)
But, am I being premature with my selection? What will the second half of 2016 bring?
Leica may finally improve on the disappointing M240 with the release of a new M in the fall, but realistically most of us won’t be able to get a hold of it until 2017.
Either way, don’t expect it to be a CCD camera like many of us have asked for in My Open a Letter to Leica.
I’ll be interested in it anyway, if the image quality is better than the M240.
—Peter.
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2015: Leica M9/M-E
2014: Leica M9/M-E
2013: Leica M9/M-E
2012: Leica M9/M-E
2011: Leica M9
2010: Leica M9
2009: Leica M9
2008: Leica M8/Nikon D3
2007: Leica M8/Nikon D3
2006: Leica M8
The dividing line (and timing) of an out.
On a technical note, whereas I would have machine-gun-photographed with the D810 at 5 FPS to try to get this shot (and would have had a 50-50 chance), I was able to get the “decisive moment” with the M8 on a single click of the shutter.
—Peter.
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH.
(aka “Group Therapy”)
(aka “The Little Gym of Horrors”)
Actually, the real horror in this gym was the mixed lighting, which wreaked havoc on the white balance from shot-to-shot.
On a different note, this Kids vs. Adults match unfortunately resulted in many injuries, so future matches are in doubt.
You can probably guess which group is hurting this morning.
—Peter.
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH.
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 75mm Summarit f/2.5.
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 75mm Summarit f/2.5.
I welcomed the return of an old friend recently: the Leica M8. It was the gateway camera for me into the world of rangefinders, almost 10 years ago.
Today, I welcomed another old friend, the Leica 75 Summarit f/2.5. Seeing as the entire Summarit line of lenses have been updated recently, there are currently many great deals to be had on the “old” versions. As it happens, the 75/2.5 is one of my all-time favourite Leica lenses (see my brief 75mm Summarit review here).
As soon as the 75/2.5 arrived this afternoon, I stepped outside (but Only Within 200 feet of My House™) to shoot some quick test shots while the light was still good.
It’s nice to see that my two friends still play nicely together.
—Peter.
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 75mm Summarit f/2.5.
(the enlightened one)
—Peter.
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Lens #1 (find identity of Lens #1 here).
10 years later.
—Peter.
