The (old) G9 and Leica 9mm have become a low light staple.
Bought early on at the paper as a weight reducer (40-150 f4, 9 and to a lesser extent the 15mm were all purchased under the feeble excuse of weight reduction, but they did actually make a difference).
Lovely flare control, contrast and sharpness and I really do not care where I point it.
A find I can hand hold in almost any light and the combination of a fast, super sharp and well controlled M43 wide angle, which even at f1.7 gives me tons of depth of field.
The more I use it, the more impressed I am becoming.
The series below were shot basically directly into a strong stage spot light literally just cropped out of the top left side of the frame.
I would normally not push my gear that hard, asking it to see what I could not with my own eyes.
Turns out, it had some cool tricks up it’s sleeve.
“Bubble flare”, very in keeping with the vibe of the night.
With a little, just a little de-haze applied in C1, it held detail and contrast, while allowing the funkiness of the flare to still rule.
I particularly like the larger ring around the side. For comparison, I also tried the trusty 12-40 Olympus in the same spot and got a wall of white light, much as I expected.
So the list of goodness this little lens has to offer now includes;
Super light weight.
Weather sealed.
Small, but comfortable.
Flare resistant to a huge degree.
When not, flare enhancing it seems.
A wide angle macro (3cm close focus).
Sharp at any aperture, but I rarely move away from f1.7 to 2.8.
Near infinite depth of field, even wide open (it is a 9mm).
Near telepathic AF.
Nice manual focus.
In video it performs brilliantly and provides an 18/36/50mm focal length.
Zero space, lots of things going on and point and hope focussing, no issue.
Only inches from touching the handle bars.