Leica M9 as Landscape Camera? -- Six Months Later

Seastacks and Sundog
I received my M9 at Christmastime, ’09. As a landscape photographer, I was curious-verging-on-skeptical if this would be the camera for me but I was determined to make the investment and try. It was time for me to change my equipment; that was clear.
Back story:
For years I had worked to varying levels of accomplishment and satisfaction with gear ranging from traditional large format film (a splendid Wisner box and assortment of Schneider glass) to a medium format Hasselblad system (recalling how Ansel, reaching the age at which lugging the larger gear was no longer practical had moved to working with the cameras produced by his friend, Victor Hasselblad). The Hassy I found more manageable for me as well as I moved on in age.
I took a magnificent detour from this downsizing when given the opportunity to move into digital medium format with a Contax 645 and Phase One P25 back. The results amazed me -- the dynamic range and resolution afforded by that technolo...