Leica Offers to Turn Any M9 into a M9-P
If you had any doubts that Leica’s new M9-P is simply the M9 given a cosmetic makeover, …
If you had any doubts that Leica’s new M9-P is simply the M9 given a cosmetic makeover, …
Turns out that mysterious Leica camera spotted on British singer Seal was in fact a Leica that didn't officially exist yet, but now it does: Leica has just announced the M9-P digital rangefinder. The new camera is basically the M9 with a few cosmetic changes -- all the guts are identical. Like on the non-digital Leica MP, the traditional red dot is missing from the M9-P, which meant to give the camera an "understated appearance".
Last week The Daily Mail published some photographs of British singer Seal passing through LAX airport with his family. While at first glance it might look like the camera hanging around his neck is a Leica MP film rangefinder, look a little closer and you'll see that it's not -- it doesn't have a battery compartment, a film reverse lever, or a film advance lever...