Josh,
I am very pleased that Leica did the MM. Given that it has no competition I expect it to sell very well to the purists. It is quite cool that only Leica can go to this length.
The Luminous Landscape predicted some would unfortunately complain about the existence of this camera.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/leica_m9_monochrom.shtml
But they also praised it’s existence. Hey what’s wrong with more choices? And no surprise that it costs this much for a limited run.
I would love to have this camera, but I am now committed to the S system.
Jack