Thanks to everyone:
David Farkas
John Thawley
Leica Camera Berlin (Meister Camera)
Chris Weeks
Christopher Tribble
The Luminous Landscape
Steve Huff
Maurizio Beucci
Match Technical Services
Birgit Krippner
Monochrom
Leica Store Tokyo
Leica Camera AG
Links:
Leica M9 official Leica Camera AG micro-website
Leica M9 user forum on the Leica Camera User Forum
Leica user forum on GetDPI.com which also have a big buy and sell section
Leica Camera AG streaming video at Vimeo (with the introduction of Leica M9 and other Leica videos)
Jonathan Slacks review "Word and Pictures" based on living with a preproduction Leica M9 for 3 months.
David Farkas' blog on previewing the Leica M9 at the factory in Solms in July 2009
Sean Reid Reviews for in-depth reviews of the Leica M9 and other Leica cameras and lenses
The Luminous Landscape Leica M9 and Leica lens reviews
"Leica M9 im Test" is an intersting test in German, at photoscala.de
"Love at First Sight" Leica M9 review at NikonWeb.com
Steve Huff Leica M9 review.
The page also contain great lens reviews of all sorts of lenses for Leica M, as well as daily opdated blog of interest for any Leica M owner.
One Year With the Leica M9 by Dirk Ahlgrim (March 17, 2011)
Galleries:
Singer-Songwriter SEAL's blog and gallery using Leica M9 and other Leica cameras
LFI International (Leica Fotografie International) Leica M9 gallery with pictures of By Brett, Jonathan Slack, Bruno Stevens, Denniz Saylan and Ronald Schmidt.
Riccis Valladares Leica M9 and Leica M galleries. Also check out his blog.
"I Love Photography" by Birgit Krippner (Nikon photos till September 9, 2009, then Leica M9 onward)
Maurizio Beucci gallery with Leica M , M8 and M9 photographs.
Downloads
Leica M9 users instruction manual in English [PDF]
Software downloads:
Adobe Lightroom - Workflow and archive with RAW conversion - offers a 30 days free full working . When you buy a Leica M9, Leica S2, Leica X1 or Leica D-Lux you will get a working serial number with the camera, and that serial number will activate the trial vresion into a full working licensed version.
Apple Aperture - Workflow and archive with RAW conversion - offers a 30 days free full working trial.
Hasselblad Phocus - Workflow and archive with RAW conversion of DMR and M9 files - Free; you need to register with their site.
Capture One (also known as "C1") - RAW conversion - offers a 30 days free full working trial.
SilkyPix Developer Studio - a RAW converter that does what it says; create silky files. 30 days free trial.
Black and white software:
Silver Efex Pro from Nik Software - stand-alone software or as plug-in for Lightroom and Aperture. The de facto standard for converting color pictures into black and white. Nik Software offers a 15 days free trial and charge 200 Euro for the software which only works for Aperture and as stand-alone. But B&H Photo Video sells it for 149$. So try it at Nik, buy it from B&H.
An even better deal at B&H Photo Video is the Complete Collection for only 199$ including Silver Efex Pro, Dfine, Viveza, Color Efex Pro and Sharpener Pro.
True Grain is another black & white software from Grubba Software which can emulate Kodak Tri-X 3200 and other black and white grains. It's a stand-alone software for only 50$ though they offer a trial version that works unlimited, except you cant save your results.
Camera profiles:
Free Lightroom Leica M9 camera profile from ChromaSoft. Since Lightroom 2.6 you really don't need this anymore as the Leica M9 now has a profile with CameraRaw/Lightroomae.
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