Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
M9
Leica
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 18 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Full frame (36 x 24 mm)
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Max resolution
- 5212 x 3472
- ISO
- Auto, Pull 80, 160, 200, 250, 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500
- Boosted ISO (minimum)
- 80
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Leica M
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- No
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 4 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 2.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±3 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- Center-weighted
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- No
- Built-in flash
- No
- External flash
- Yes (Hot-shoe)
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Microphone
- None
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (rangefinder)
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.68×
- Screen size
- 2.5″
- Screen dots
- 230,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC card
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery & charger
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 585 g (1.29 lb / 20.64 oz)
- Dimensions
- 139 x 80 x 37 mm (5.47 x 3.15 x 1.46″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- No
- Remote control
- No
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Reviews and field reports
An independent review has not yet been added to this record.
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →