You should do what I did and buy a M8 in that case Mine just got here on wednesday the 23rd

I have seen them for 1500 euros for vanilla M8s and 2200 for the m8.2 , granted its a crop sensor with a 1.33 factor , but its a digital rangefinder and a work of art (LEICA!) . I dont know how old your lens is , but the summicron Im using is from 1964 and its really good , incredibly sharp!

Very interesting color rendering in that shot. Love the DOF too.

As I just learned that fixing some of my teeth will cost more than a M9 I won't go off looking for a M8 yet. I'd like to try a analoge Rangefinder but they are almost as expensive as the digital ones?

Ahh I misread your post , I thought you had a M6 , not a leicaflex SLR . If you have about 2000 euros there is an option for you still

You can get a leica R8 or R9 and pick up the DMR ( Digital-Modul R) thats a digital back that attaches to the SLR and makes it into a Leica Digital , they are quite rare however , but apparently phenomenal in their build quality.

Re: my shot, I have to confess, the DOF is all the gear, the interesting colours are down to 2 things, the sushi restarant has a lot of coloured lights, and I used Alienskins Exposure plugin for lightroom to emulate Velvia 50

Awesome plugin that must be, because I really thought I was looking at a Fuji there.

It is awesome, I was 99% sure I was buying an older film camera ( like you did) and on a whim I decided to check " One last time" for a digital solution, and a magazine a friend loaned me had a small 1 paragraph article on alienskin , so I checked it out , and its VERY good you get the look of film with the ease of digital . ANother thing you might want to look at is using vintage lenses on your DSLR , but I dont know whatgear you are using , you can get adapters to enable the use of almost anything , I was using Zeiss Planars on my Rebel for example.


here is a link to the program , if you have a flickr account you can add me as a contact and we can continue the discussion there if youlike , and if you want to look at some examples of vintage glass , checkout my vintage lens blog in my sig



http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.aspx

there is a free 15 day trial too ( thats what I am using as Ive only had my Leica 5 days)

No Flickr here, but thanks for the information, I'll check this out!

BTW, seen this Fuji here?
http://www.finepix-x100.com/

OF course, part of my move to the cheap Leicaflex was to have a camera that won't be a terrible loss if damaged or stolen. With the digital rangefinder gear it again becomes a "main camera" and not a "holiday camera"...