Awesome video man! I have an M9 with a corroded sensor, but the corrosion is only visible at f8. Since I shoot mostly family stuff and open the apature at f4 or wider, the corrosion is fortunately not visible. And I got it for around 1000$ - therefore I can live with it. Keep up the great work!
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
That’s a great deal for a M9, at least you know you can get it repaired if you want, and you will be still be infront
@dbld9278Ай бұрын
same here, bit of corrosion but the output is just worth it...
@hermanzhang6494Ай бұрын
It will corrode more over time, and might potentially break the whole sensor if it corrodes the golden wires. Some people offer to replace the cover glass over it for cheaper than the price mentioned in the video, but I'm not really sure if it's reliable or not.
@jasono9358Ай бұрын
Hey coops, great video. Loved the shots around freo, it's my go to spot to scratch the itch and get a good coffee also. I was lucky enough to pick up a nikon df for cheap a few years ago so thats my choice for full frame low megapixel filmic results. I also shoot some film, not just for the "look" of film, but to use the cameras themselves. Hope i see you out and about one day, I'd love to buy you a coffee and have a chat.
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
Thanks mate, yeah I’ve always keep curious about the DF
@codyallen3729Ай бұрын
Another DF user here. It's a brilliant camera even though I paid good money for a clean copy with a low shutter count; there's no other camera quite like it.
@SodacakeАй бұрын
powerful moustache, coops!
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
Channeling magnum PI
@john_murchАй бұрын
Love mine. Thanks for the review! 😀
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@brandonlavoie4364Ай бұрын
great to see you back, dude. looking healthy!
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
Thanks mate
@VentureOutsideАй бұрын
Nice video Coops! The M9 is a great for all the reasons you pointed out, and 18MP, if you know what you are doing is more than plenty. I used to get great shots out of my Nikon D70 at 6MP. I have an M11 and the 60MP resolution is astounding but overkill for most situations.
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
Thanks for watching mate
@jeromearnould9940Ай бұрын
I have 2 ... one normal and one Monochrome and I love them .... Specially the Color One ! Great video ....
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
The monochrome is amazing, thanks for watching
@filterfreephotographyАй бұрын
I have the M Monochrom with a Leica replaced sensor and I love it. I agree it is not a film replacement, but it does save a bit of money with film stock and developing. My color work is with my M11. I do have the M5 for my true film shooting. Great video and great shots.
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
The M9M is one hell of a camera! Thanks for watching
@zkramezАй бұрын
I miss my M9 a lot but found that if I’m taking a Leica body out it’s my M7
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
Great camera choice
@zkramezАй бұрын
@@shootswithcoops thank you!
@patternsinsandАй бұрын
I agree, no digital camera is going to replicate the tangible aspects of film. I've never really bought into the CCD mystique, though your Frontier and Noritsu comments made me think about the fact that my own OpticFilm 120 has a CCD sensor too. Interesting thoughts, though the cost of an M9 makes still makes my own Kodachrome Lightroom preset a more compelling option for me. Thanks for the video.
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
Thanks for watching
@jwanger142Ай бұрын
@patternsinsand what CCD sensor camera have you tried?
@patternsinsandАй бұрын
@@jwanger142 My Nikon D70 had a CCD sensor that I used for years. I've also got Olympus and Nikon Digicams that I've reviewed on my own channel that have CCD too. All good cameras in their own way and in there day, though perhaps if I have one camera that has some sensor magic it would be my D700. Though that's actually a CMOS so go figure! What I was responding to was the comment that the 'filmic' look actually comes from the Noritsu/Frontier CCD scans of film, which is an interesting and unusual take on the CCD debate.
@jwanger142Ай бұрын
@@patternsinsand I’ve had my M9 with a cheaper end Voigtlander 40 Nokton for a month now and I’ve really been loving the look I’m getting out of the combo for both color and B+W. It may not be due to CCD but its my first go at one and I really do enjoy it. I shot Canon/Sony/Fuji prior to the Leica QP and now M9, maybe I’m just in the honeymoon phase of a new toy tho.
@adnranarisoa59192 күн бұрын
Things I'm always wondering is, in the viewfinders of leica M cameras, is there an exposure meter like in other cameras these days?
@shootswithcoopsКүн бұрын
Led read out or the classic Leica arrows and red dot
@javixo1997Ай бұрын
Guys, CCD sensors won't do any magic to your images. It's the color algorithms in your cameras that make the difference, not the CCD or CMOS sensor. If you want to compare the two, you have to do it in the same brand and same time period. Another guy here did it, two similar Olympus cameras produced pretty much the same result and they had different sensor technology. It's all in the color profile
@R0CUKАй бұрын
I agree, also if you shoot raw it's irrelevant, I had an M9 and there's nothing "special" about the sensor or files, seems everyone has jumped on the bandwagon of one person saying it once, to top it off the screen is dogshite, worst of any digital camera i've used and it freezes up constantly if you take more than 3 shots in a row
@pushingfilmАй бұрын
Seems like Tom Selleck has taken over the channel 🙂
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
I’ve tried to shave it, but Em won’t let me now, it’s a permanent fixture
@pushingfilmАй бұрын
@@shootswithcoops Can't be blamed
@50cronАй бұрын
How’s the battery life, Coop? I got an M262 for the bigger battery and love it. It’s truly replaced film shooting for me. Though my grail camera is an M-E (Typ 220), a special M9 variant.
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
The ok, but depends on the condition of the battery, the two I had held charge pretty good, full day of shooting was fine. But those bigger M240/262 batteries are far better
@wilfredshum3703Ай бұрын
The rich color of your images is so familiar to me because I have long kept my M9 despite owning other more modern digital cameras. I don’t spend much time on post processing, so all those pre-sets mean little to me.
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
Good point, thanks for watching
@declandebarraАй бұрын
It is my bridge between digital and film. I don’t have to fuck around with lightroom. Really handy for travel when you are going somewhere you know they airport nuke your film. I’d love to try the monochrom version.
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
Great points. I’ve had the monochrome. It almost made me stop shooting black and white film, almost..
@fygdjvxiokfdio11 күн бұрын
i have a Leica ME but want to buy a M9 as backup
@shootswithcoopsКүн бұрын
Good idea
@adrianemikkoАй бұрын
I’m always confused when they say ccds take film like photos. I mean which film? Haha my guess is they’re quite close to slide film?
@lensman5762Ай бұрын
Had them, used them and passed them on. after 22 years of shooting digital and over 50 years of film photograohy, I can tell you in all honesty that there is no ' magic ' in CCD. You can easily make an M240 or M10 look like an M9, but you will never be able to make an M9 replicate what an M10 does. No CCD will ever be able to reproduce a film look. You want film, then shoot film. M9 was a decent camera in its time, let it rest in peace. Enjoy your M9.
@declandebarraАй бұрын
Each to their own. I have both an m10p and M9 and the colours esp reds and yellows out of the m9 snoke the m10. I prefer film by a long shot, but this is close for when i can’t use film, without a lot off lightroom faffing.
@SourPlanetАй бұрын
+1 to CCD not emulating film. It doesn't, at all, and never has. I don't understand where that comes from. A film scanner using a CCD sensor doesn't actually create the film look as implied in this video; the film creates the film look lol. For film look, shoot film. For something else which is also beautiful and worthwhile, shoot a good digital camera. They aren't meant to be similar.
@lensman5762Ай бұрын
@@SourPlanet I think, folks mistake the more saturated and higher contrast files produced by a camera using a CCD as being film like. Which film I wouldn't know, TBH. They talk about Kodachrome, while I bet that 95% of all those going on about it have never seen a Kodachrome slide. In any case anyone could make a CMOS file look like a CCD in post. That M8 & M9 not having an AA filter helps with apparent sharpness ( this is a good thing IMHO ) not withsatnding. If you asked me whether I'd pay £2000.00+ for an M9, the answer is no. These have had their time, and I am sure they are still doing good work in the hands of a lot of competent photographer, but to make them out to be some sort of forgotten magic camera is wrong.
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
To each their own
@villegas24Ай бұрын
There is no magic but there is an objective difference in color compared to cmos. He likes it so to each their own.
@larrykenner8095Ай бұрын
I have a mint M9-P with a toasted useless sensor..
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
I’d send it off to be fixed
@internet155Ай бұрын
the epson r-d1 will get you half way there
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
I’ve seen those go for insane prices these days, the concept of that camera is great. Wish they had kept going
@-DreniM-Ай бұрын
This camera is too old and pricey to repair. just buy the M240 or M10 much better camera with great sensor!
@12macevedoАй бұрын
That mustache gets girls pregnant just by them looking at it. M9 is a great camera make sure if you get one that the sensor is not corroded or has been updated.
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
Hahaha thanks man
@jw48335Ай бұрын
If I wanted film-like digital files, I'd shoot a Sigma Foveon or Pentax KIII Monochrome. Film shooters are drawn to this because it's a Leica. Otherwise it would be just another bargain bin digital relic.
@shootswithcoopsАй бұрын
I dont agree, One of my other old favorites is the Nikon D200 with a 10mp apsc CCD sensor, thats no leica and I love the files off that. Also have a video on that camera
@jw48335Ай бұрын
@@shootswithcoops Yep, I've got a CCD Sony A230, same sensor as the D200. It's classic digital. The Quattro H or any Monochrome sensors though - now that looks like film grain at high ISO. The also happen to be amazing for film digitization - perfect film grain. The Pentax K1 pixel shift is also amazing as a converter.