Finally, the new 1.116 Leica M9 firmware will be released on Monday March 15th. It seems my crystal ball from Feb 27th was right! Here is the rundown of improvements…
The improvements in the Firmware Version 1.116 are:
1. Camera Performance:
Faster zooming into the last picture taken.
Speed of SD-card formatting enhanced.
Image quality of “thumbnail” pictures improved.
SD- Card compatibility [Read More...]

Was out today exploring with the Pentax K7. Yep, I left the M9 at home today because it needed a break I stumbled upon an old house that looks like it had a recent MAJOR fire. All I had was the kit zoom, but it did OK. With the K7’s Image Stabilization it [Read More...]

Happy Wednesday! I was out ALL DAY yesterday with the wife doing some shopping and it turned into a much longer trip than I had planned for. So, this update that was meant for yesterday, is here today
I get quite a bit of gear coming through my doors these days. Cameras, lenses, binoculars, [Read More...]

I can not believe it is already going into the 2nd week of March! It really does seem that the older you get the faster time flies by. It’s Monday and I am hoping to be out all day shooting a couple of cameras I have here so I thought I would post some cool [Read More...]

I have always been one to say that you can most certainly shoot a wedding with a Leica M9. Yesterday this site was low on the updates due to me being out shooting a wedding and yes, I shot it with my M9! I also brought along the 35 Lux and the 50 Summicron. In [Read More...]

This is so cool! How often do you see a shot like this taken with a Leica? This one was sent in by Paul Phillip Hug and here is what he said about the image:
“Hi Steve
We like your page lots. It helped us to make the choice for the Leica M9 including a 50mm 1.4. [Read More...]

The Leica 50 Summitar Classic Lens Review on the Leica M9 – It’s time for a classic review! Today I am writing about and showing samples from the 1942 Leica 50 Summitar lens. This is a classic! An oldie but a goodie and it was made before the 50 summicron for the old Leica screw [Read More...]

UPDATE – MARCH 10th 2010 – B&H is no longer taking ant pre-orders! If you ordered and got on the pre-order list you should get your M9 soon! Congrats for making the list!
B&H PHOTO are once again taking orders for the Leica M9. They have filled all of their previous pre-orders and are ready for [Read More...]

Many of you who have followed my blog and reviews over the past year know that I was a huge fan of the 35 Summilux ASPH on the M8. When I bought my M9 I decided to switch to a summicron and then the summarit for rock solid sharpness. I sure got it with both [Read More...]

Just thought I would post these as they were shot at the same time as the other examples I posted yesterday. In other words, these were also shot in that first hour with the lens. Out of 20 images taken, only 2 or 3 were OOF. Not bad for a 0.95 lens! Again, these were [Read More...]

Be sure to visit my Noktor Lens review Diary with much more on this lens – Click HERE to check it out!

Ok guys and gals! It’s no joke, no hoax, and yes it has arrived! The NOKTOR 50 0.95 lens is here and I only had time to snap a few shots of my son [Read More...]

Happy Monday to all! Today’s pic comes from Cyrille Rabiller and was shot on Tri-x. Lovely tones. Here is what Cyrille had to say about this image:
Here a picture I took during the horse race called “Grand Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe”  2009, October the fifth J . It was a very nice day, and very crowdy too [Read More...]

MARCH/APRIL FEATURED PHOTOGRPHER
Lara Rossignol – piewacketblog.com
It’s March 1st and as promised I am back with another photographer interview! I stumbled upon Lara’s website/blog a few weeks ago and have been visiting it ever since. I really was drawn to her style, use of light, color, and even her blog design. I soon found out that [Read More...]

The Leica S2 Camera Review – I have finally decided to sit down and start working on this Leica S2 review! About 2 weeks ago I was lucky enough to get a call from Leica. They asked me if I wanted to review their incredible S2 camera and I told them “nope, not interested”. [Read More...]

Wow, what a nice image. As soon as it popped up in my inbox I knew it had to be made with a Leica and I was right! Today’s submission was sent in by Karen Sik and she used her M8 and 35 Summarit to get the shot. Here is what she said:
“I remain a [Read More...]