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October 2010 LEICA Reviews LEICA Lenses Nikon Canon
The LEICA M9 Titanium is a traditional LEICA M9, but with its external metal parts rendered in solid titanium. Even crazier is that its included 35mm f/1.4 SUMMILUX-M lens is also made not of aluminum, not of brass, and not of titanium-painted aluminum, but of solid titanium. Leica got a little lazy trying to engrave all the numbers in the solid titanium barrel. The depth-of-field scale stops at f/11, even though the lens goes to f/16, and the focus scale is only engraved in meters, not also in feet. LEICA M9 Titanium. grander. Not only is the accessory shoe covered with what may or may not be a removable cover, the frameline illuminating window has been removed as part of Leica's relentless pursuit of design perfection. This was the window through which light used to enter to illuminate the frame lines. I haven't tried it personally, but I've been told that the frame lines are now illuminated with internal LEDs, and better, that only one frame at a time lights in red,. The M9 Titanium can light just one frame at a time, instead of two at a time as on most other LEICAs, because focal lengths are read electronically instead of mechanically.
More, mostly from Leica's press release:
Responsible for groundbreaking design concepts in the latest models from the Volkswagen
Group (which includes various marques like Porsche, SEAT, Skoda, , Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Audi), the chief designer and his Audi Design Team reinterpreted the design of the LEICA M9
just as he envisaged it. The outcome is a unique camera with a new rendering of the
characteristic features of Leica rangefinder cameras, which lends precision engineering,
unique style and solid titanium to extraordinary formal design. The grip characteristics are further enhanced by a specially designed and embossed diamond
structure. In addition, the exposed surfaces are treated with a hard coating applied by a
specialized company in Switzerland. Scratch-resistant, sapphire-crystal glass is employed as a
protective cover for the camera monitor and further enhances the exclusive and rugged
character of the camera. The Leica logo has been restyled and is elaborately hand-engraved
in pure resin, inlayed with white enamel and subsequently sealed with a clear varnish and
polished.
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