Leica Leica M9P Maiden Voyage

[ajramirez]

I took my brand new Leica M9P for its maiden voyage today. These were the best of the bunch:

Estatua viviente by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Estatua viviente by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

La trova by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

La trova by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Callejón del Gámbaro by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Luis Rodríguez by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Contemplación by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Escuela de Artes Plásticas by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Antigüedades by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

"Escuela de Artes Plásticas" was shot with the 35mm 2.5 Color Skopar, the rest with the 50mm 2.8 M Elmar. Processed from DNG with ACR and PS CS5. B&W conversions with Silver Efex Pro 2.0.

Cheers,

Antonio

 

[photogfollett]

Congratulations Antonio on your new camera. I can only dream of having an M9 someday. :sad010:

 

[Luke]

you get more great shots in one day than I get in a month.....keep them coming.

 

[Pelao]

Well, what beautiful photographs. Awesome camera and lens, allied to great skills and the 'eye'. So much texture. Wow.

I would love to stretch to an M9, but it would not be responsible move right now; one more kid to help through university.

Thanks for sharing, and congratulations on the new camera. It really suits you.

 

[flash]

Looks like the M works for you. Love the processing as well.

Gordon

 

[Armanius]

Awesome maiden voyage AJ! Can't wait to see more stuff!

 

[Landshark]

Congrats and enjoy, nice images

 

[bilzmale]

Congrats on your new gear - your consumate skill and M9P are well matched Antonio.

 

[christilou]

Wonderful pics, congratulations! How are you finding the focusing experience?

 

[BillN]

Antonio - you are a bad man - the world economy is in recession and you are encouraging, nay, more than that, tempting people to spend money and the urge may become compelling for some.

I'm sticking with my M8 otherwise I'll have to buy another wardrobe for the additional shoes that my wife will buy to even things up.

Wonderful images, you have a good eye, and also the skill to maximise PP techniques to enhance your images further.

No no no - I must resist

 

[christilou]

Shoes Bill? I'd be wanting a small car!!!

 

[Iansky]

Great first set of images with the new camera and good to see the M9P is delivering for you.

Have to admit parting company with my M8.2 end of last year as not happy with high ISO (above 800), as part of replacement I picked up X100 and have not looked back since (would love an M9P but beyond any hope I have due to cost).

Enjoy and keep posting.

 

[Armanius]

They are expensive shoes Christina!

 

[Mal]

Stunning

 

[BrianS]

Very nice- the make-up on the person in the first one is really "Pseudo-Infrared"!

 

[ajramirez]

Thank you all very much for your kind responses. I really enjoyed my first outing and hope to do some more shooting today.

@ Christina - Rangefinder focusing is really quite easy once you get the hang of it. And the OVF is really a joy to look through.

@ Bill - What better way to stimulate economic growth than to put some more money into it? Of course, it would be nice if the cameras were made (or at least sold) in Puerto Rico so that I could stimulate our economy instead of that of Germany...

Cheers,

Antonio

 

[TraamisVOS]

Antonio, have you had a chance to take some low light photos with the M9? I tried to take some photos at a darkly lit bar on Friday with my M8 but there was quite a lot of noise. I'm thinking of getting an M9 but am afraid ISO performance is only marginally better.

 

[Ray Sachs]

Beautiful work Antonio. A couple of them (the guitarist, the door and window in the corridor) have such an amazing sheen / texture - not even sure what to call it, but they've got it. As do others but not quite as stunningly as those. Amazing camera - enjoy!

James, I've never thought that Leica's had any sort of reputation for low light work - I would't expect them to excel for that type of shooting...

-Ray

 

[Streetshooter]

All the best brother, you know what to do...

 

[TraamisVOS]

It's been hard for me to gauge the M9's ISO performance from other photos in the net.

Would you say the noise performance of the M8 at ISO320 is now at the level of, say, ISO1240?