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To add to the whole Leica or Sony talk, Leica wide angle lenses (35mm and wider) have really bad colour shift and vignetting at the edges when used on the Sonys. It's something to do with the thickness of the glass on the sensor. Basically, it's not a magic bullet camera but that's always the case with anything.
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That was a reason for my decision. It's fairly minor longer than 35mm, but the edge smearing from 35mm down is nasty. It's pixel peeping realms but once you see it!
The 50mm for the Sony is supposed to be pretty good though. Autofocus is nice sometimes. I've had some great results from Leica kit but it's changed the way I take photographs.
Airhead
Following up on the Leica talk, I had the m8->m9p then got the Sony a7r when it first came out and shot it side by side with m9, then changed to the m240 and shot that side by side with the a7r until I sold the a7r.
I preferred the Leica with Leica lenses and since I had more money invested in lenses than bodies it helped sway the decision. I would have kept the a7r and added the native 50 that you've had if the choice had been against the m9. The m9 is missing the evf which is really useful at times, the ccd sensor on the m9 is lovely but you can emulate it with an m240. M9 low light performance is poor, and there's no high speed sync for flash. Bodies are heavy, batteries will be weak by now, shutter is very noisy and you need all the extras like covers etc. If you do decide to get one, try to get the m9p in black, it's gorgeous, still miss the looks.
If you are mostly shooting in bright daylight, I.e. Daytime abroad, you can get away with a 3 lens kit 28,50,90 for travel with an m9 or m240. That's about £4K for a second hand set of 28-2.8/50-2/90-4, the idea of a single 35mm originates in photojournalism and I've found a 3 lens kit is more like the minimum although you are going to want a 35 too so that another £1k.
The bodies lose around £500 p.a. But you can buy low and sell high occasionally. The m9 has an issue with the sensor and Leica will replace the sensors for free but it can take 2 months to get it done.
I'm thinking about getting an a7rii and 50mm despite owning the m240 and a dozen lenses, the 2 kits are quite complimentary. If you pick one you'll probably still want the other. You'll always want a monochrom as well, we all do!