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<p>Robin, Barry, Thank you. The scene looked better in person though...</p>

<p>@James, about the Nokton 40/1.4 framing: As I suspected, the 35mm frameline of M9 is quite close to 40mm. I suspect that this is because Leica designed the 35mm frameline to match the FOV of 35mm lens at infinity focus. Around 5 feet, 40mm is a good match for 35mm frameline. Also, the 28/2.8 profile for Skopar 28/3.5 appears to be working well. I have only taken a few shots with this lens so far. The better ISO performance of M9 (compared to M8) will increase the usability of this otherwise slow lens. I am quite excited about this because I also happen to like this lens a lot.</p>

<p>@Joe, thanks. I just checked, and the firmware is 1.196.</p> <p>@James, yes, I do have a Summicron 28/2. I'm using Summicron 28/2 profile for it for obvious reasons. I haven't tried my Skopar yet.... thanks, I'll try 28/2.8 profile. For 40mm, the 35mm frameline works pretty well for subjects who are about 5 feet away on my film M, because the frameline mask tends to be conservative (i.e. tighter than the FOV of the lens). I'll try 35mm frameline on M9 and see how it compares to what the lens sees. On my M8, I used to use a 50mm external viewfinder, which was nearly an exact match.</p>

<p>Looks like a very nice repaint job. These forgers are getting better and better with their painting skills. (Not so much with their forging skills, though, because they are not modifying the key characteristics of the camera/lens to make them look like a real Leica). Aren't there plenty of real Leica users who would love to have a nice repaint job done on their cameras? Wouldn't the forgers make more money as bona fide camera painters than selling fakes?</p>

<p>35mm focal length gives you about 4 times the area of 75mm lens. If you want a similar difference between your 35mm and the widest lens, 18mm should do the job (i.e. about 4 of the 35mm shots are needed to cover similar area as 18mm). If you want about half way in between (i.e. twice the area of 35mm), then 24mm.</p>

<p><a title="View of Manhattan from Hoboken, Morning of 5-Sep-2014 (L1013607) by Yuki Asayama, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kyoken74/15155636075"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5590/15155636075_7498786b32_z.jpg" alt="View of Manhattan from Hoboken, Morning of 5-Sep-2014 (L1013607)" width="640" height="426" /></a><br /> <strong>Leica M9 + Zeiss C Biogon 21/4.5</strong><br /> View of Manhattan from Hoboken, Morning of 5-Sep-2014<br /> Low cloud is covering the skyscrapers in the Financial District. You can also see Holland Tunnel ventilation tower on the New Jersey side. In the original color version of this image, the magenta edge is prominent on the left hand side. Even in this B&W version, you can probably see the darkening of the edge which is not part of the corner vignetting.</p>

<p>Alex, Richard, Francisco, James, Joe, Thank you all for your comments and advice. I'll be experimenting with all kinds of lens profiles for sure with my Zeiss and Voigtlander lenses. I have Biogon 21/4.5, Color-Skopar 28/3.5, and Nokton 40/1.4. Based on what I have read about M9, the 21mm and 28mm are generally the "challenging" lenses for M9. I will be sharing some of my experiments on w/NW.</p>

<p>@Robin Smith, That chair somehow looks familiar. Is that from MoMA in NYC?</p>

<p><a title="Selfie, Sep 2014 (L1013581) by Yuki Asayama, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kyoken74/15128924596"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/15128924596_0ea6ba23aa_z.jpg" alt="Selfie, Sep 2014 (L1013581)" width="640" height="426" /></a><br> <strong> </strong><br> <strong>Leica M9 + Zeiss C Biogon 21/4.5</strong></p> <p>Just last week, I was complaining about how M8 did not have manual lens profile selection, and that M9 was still outside of my price range. Only a day or two after that post, I was presented with an opportunity to buy an M9 just within the price range I've been looking for, and I went for it!</p> <p>I can now use all of my lenses at their intended focal lengths, including my C Biogon 21/4.5. There is a severe magenta edge to the left of the frame in most of the shots made with this lens, but just the fact that it gives me the field of view that is the same as 135 film makes me want to go out and use it. I suppose I can still use Biogon for B&W. My Summicron 28/2 works great in color. I no longer need UV/IR cut filters. This is liberating.</p> <p>The seller was a very friendly guy, and he seemed to be quite a Leica and photography enthusiast. I told him about this forum, so he might stop by some time.</p>

<p>If I were you, I'd sell the unwrapped one to a collector, get a recently CLA'ed example for much less money. With the money left over, get a lens or two, and pay for film.</p>

<p><a title="Binghamton Ferry Boat, Edgewater, NJ, August 2014 (L1011848) by Yuki Asayama, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kyoken74/14752519810"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5565/14752519810_ca1896c0d5_z.jpg" alt="Binghamton Ferry Boat, Edgewater, NJ, August 2014 (L1011848)" width="640" height="430" /></a><br /> <strong>Leitz Canada Summilux-M 1:1.4/35 + Leica M8 without IR-cut Filter</strong></p> <p>Binghamton Ferry Boat, Edgewater, NJ, August 2014</p> <p>M8 does not provide menu options to select lens correction profile in camera without coding (and 35 Lux ver1 is one of those lenses that cannot be coded). I see some cyan drift around the corners, most noticeably in this image on the left edge. The warm tone of white boat turns cooler as you look near the left edge of the frame. Presumably, using IR-cut filter in front of the lens would have made this worse. Times like this, I wonder whether I should be looking to buy a used M9 that offers manual lens correction setting. At current market price of $3500, however, M9 is still outside of my price range.</p> <p>By the way, you can see Grant's Tomb in the background in this picture, if you are interested in that kind of details.</p>

<p><a title="16-Aug-2014 (L1011796) by Yuki Asayama, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kyoken74/14750294167"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/14750294167_5cb45281b7_z.jpg" alt="16-Aug-2014 (L1011796)" width="640" height="430" /></a><br> <strong>Leica M8 + Leica Summilux 35mm f1.4</strong></p>

<p><a title="WTC seen from Hoboken Terminal, Hoboken, NJ, December 2012 (L1006628) by Yuki Asayama, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kyoken74/14933402731"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5584/14933402731_963022a2b4_z.jpg" alt="WTC seen from Hoboken Terminal, Hoboken, NJ, December 2012 (L1006628)" width="640" height="430" /></a><br /> <strong>WTC seen from Hoboken Terminal, Hoboken, NJ, December 2012</strong><br> <strong>Summicron 28/2 + Leica M8</strong></p>

<p><a title="View of Lackawanna Rail Station Clock Tower from Newport, NJ, July 2014 (L1008844) by Yuki Asayama, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kyoken74/14486632308"> <img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5587/14486632308_d911227986_z_d.jpg" alt="View of Lackawanna Rail Station Clock Tower from Newport, NJ, July 2014 (L1008844)" /> </a><br> <strong>View of Lackawanna Rail Station Clock Tower from Newport, NJ, July 2014</strong><br> <strong>Summicron 28/2 + Leica M8</strong></p>