>>3902603>How do you like your M9? I'm considering getting one.I personally love it, but they are Not For Everyone.
Some thoughts about it off the top of my head:
1. Battery life is surprisingly shitty, closer to a mirrorless camera (which, technically, it is) than a DSLR even though it doesn't run the sensor all the time like mirrorless cameras.
2. It's pretty clunky ergonomically
3. Takes a beat to turn on after it wakes up from sleep, again more like a mirrorless than a DSLR for some reason
4. ISO maxes out at 2500, and ISO 2500 is pretty ugly. Not unusable, but not nearly as clear as 2500 on a modern full frame CMOS camera.
5. Sensor corrosion is a thing, but not really a big deal in my experience so far (my sensor has a few spots, but they're mostly small enough in photos that they're not noticeable)
6. Close focusing just isn't a thing on a rangefinder, so don't expect to use this to take pictures of small things close up.
7. The LCD is surprisingly shitty, even for a camera of the M9's vintage
8. Don't believe the hype that an M9 CCD sensor produces noticeably better--or, really, even noticeably different--images than modern CMOS sensors. If you don't include exif, no one will know you're shooting with an M9.
9. Rangefinder focusing takes a lot of getting used to.
In use, it very much has the feel of shooting with an old-school film camera, but with the advantage that you don't have to deal with film. So if you like that shooting experience--which I do--it's great. If not, it's a shitty, expensive, heavy camera that's less useful and technologically advanced than a Digital Rebel.
