Words – Erwin Puts

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the Editors choose the Leica M9 as an Editors Choice subject. The capture reads: finally a digital rangefinder that lets you think like a 35mm photographer. How is it to think like a 35mm photographer? The explanation notes that the M9 now has the same angle of view as the M7 or earlier Leica M bodies when you switch lenses with the same focal length. The explanation that the M8’s sensor increases the focal length by 1.3x is wrong. The M8 sensor can do magical things but not change the optical characteristics of the lens. A 50mm lens keeps its focal length of 50mm on an M8 as it did when you used the rare 18x24mm Leica 72.