Silly me, didn’t bring my camera. All i can show for it is the brochure and price list.
That says SGD 11,388 for the M9 Body, grey/silver or black. SGD 3,200 for the X1. Yes! 3K, 3Gs, 3 whatchamacallit for a point and shoot. Which can probably buy you a second hand summilux.
Got to know some great photographers and fiddled around with the M9. This was THE dream. Full Frame M, who could resist? Unfortunately…
I’ve never handled the M8 so i can’t compare, but handling wise it was smooth as butter. The shutter was rather loud but satisfying. Everything looks good…. except for the most important part - the sensor.
I thought full frame would be awesome. When people think full frame, they tend to think high ISO, thanks to big C and big N over at the other corner. I immediately used ISO 1600. Noise was terribly, especially in shadows. too high perhaps. ISO 640. Noise was less, but still rather obvious. Banding in certain areas too. Oh my. ISO 400. Noise was still present in the shadows. Purple ones. What’s going on Leica? This wasn’t one shot, i spent a good half hour with the camera walking around shooting stuff. Even tried a 28mm cron and 35 lux 
I contemplated buying this, but i think i’m going to wait. I might still get that D700x that’s coming up.
or… i’ll stick to my M6. Who is retarded because it has a stuck frame counter.
On a side note, got to play with the X1 as well. Not too impressed, but the noise handling seems to be better than the M9. Don’t get all grouchy on me, this is viewed from the LCD. Didn’t get a chance to take the files home to see it on the screen. We’ll wait for experts to come up with a theory. The S2 i didn’t even touch. At 37,000+++ i was too afraid.
cheers.