Is the Leica M9 Worth the Hype?
Filed under: Cameras, Editor's Picks, Digital Camera, Reviews, Holiday Gift Guide HYPE CHECK Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera What it is: The cult of Leica originated in the '40s, when Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Magnum photographers first brought the so-called "decisive moment" into the cultural consciousness. Their startlingly immediate images of street life, war, and people are as fresh...
Read MoreGift Guide: Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera
Filed under: Cameras, Digital Camera, Holiday Gift Guide Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera (Gadget Head, Cost No Object) The Leica brand has represented the ne plus ultra of photographic excellence for nearly a century, and continues to burnish its impeccable rep with its new M9 ($7,000). As beautiful a piece of gadgetry as any we've come across, the M9 is somewhat of an oddity in the...
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