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  1. Wow thanks for all the helpful replies -- I really appreciate it. I was not expecting such a consensus on the CL. It seems that what I'll miss the most are the fast lenses. Initially it was all about size: FF sensor and fast lenses in an amazingly small package. I was sick of lugging my bulky Nikon D[whatever] around and, at the time, the M240 just about to hit the shelves. I also loved the design and craftsmanship. Can't recall if there were any other considerations at the time but size and design were the two primary considerations that led me to acquiring the M. I have to agree with both these observations. The difficulty of shooting long certainly slipped my mind. Most of the portraits I've taken with the 90mm APO-cron wide open aren't focused correctly, which is always very upsetting because the thumbnails all look so gorgeous. I had a Visioflex for a while (lost it) but really didn't like it. It's way too chunky.
  2. I've recently come to accept that, as a hobbyist, it is economically unsensible for me to keep the M10. Most of my photography consists of candid portraits of friends, street, and travel, as well as some boudoir. The Ms have all been an absolute pleasure to shoot with in almost all those respects save for: (1) the low-light performance of my previous M240; and (2) asking others to take photos of me and my friends when travelling -- almost always the person I hand the camera to will reposition after I have already set the focus and exposure. I had previously owned the Q and had hoped that it would replace my M (then an M240). Alas, I found it to be just a tad too wide and so I ended up packing both the Q and M (with 50mm lux) on trips. I also had a brief stint with the Sony a7R II, which, although brilliant on paper, was incredibly boring to shoot and produced quite boring, dull images. Enter the CL. Admittedly, I hadn't paid much attention to this product because at the time it was released, I was considering picking up an old film CL (in the end I got a Minolta TC-1) and so I found all the new CL information to be a nuisance in my research. I've spent the last few days catching up and it seems to me to be what I'm looking for. Yes, I'm giving up rangefinder mechanics and FF; but, I have made my peace with the former and everything I have read attests to the quality of the APS-C sensor here. Unfortunately, unlike my previous experiment with the Q, I don't currently have the capital funds to comfortably purchase the CL whilst still holding onto the M10; hence this post. For those who either have both the M10 and the CL or swapped from the M10 to the CL, what has your experience been? For those in the former group, how often do you use the CL over the M10? For those in the latter group, what (if any) regrets do you have about having switched to the CL and, notwithstanding any regrets, would you nonetheless make the same decision now?
  3. I am looking for recommendations for a wide lens to compliment the 35mm and 50mm luxes I already have. I mainly shoot street and people but have been experimenting in landscape. Even for the former, I have, at some times, wanted a wider lens. I would not go wider than 24mm so the options I now face are either a 28mm cron or 24mm elmarit, both used. The 28mm cron has some oil residue on the aperture blades so I am concerned about possible spreading and future resale value. The 24mm elmarit is mint. Though I find them quite different, I have a few concerns about the viability of owning a 28mm when I already have a 35mm. But, I rarely carry more than 2 lenses with me at any given time. So, I feel that 28mm would be perfect to complement the 50mm. However, I am not made of money and am leaning toward the 24mm for the fact that it is in better condition and that the difference between 24 and 35 FLs are so much so that the money can be justified. My main concern is shooting people with the 24mm. Can anyone provide some thoughts to help me come to a decision?
  4. I've just had the camera wrapped under some duvets in a heated room for the last 30 minutes and it is now turning on. Does this indicate that its malfunction was due to the cold temperature?
  5. I'm just speculating really. It is the only thing I can think of because I used it just fine before I left and while I was away, it has been cold and raining torrentially in Sydney. But on the thought of condensation, wouldn't the weather sealing prevent any such condensation within the camera itself?
  6. I realise that the camera has been sitting in a cold (and I think a little damp) house for the past two days. I left it out before I rushed off for a trip and came back to find it not working. I currently have the heater on full blast and hoping that it has something to do with temperature and condensation and that it will turn on again soon...
  7. My new M won't turn on today after being last used two days ago. According to the charger, the battery is charged above 80% but there is simply no response from the camera after inserting the battery or turning it on to any setting. Does anyone have any ideas short of sending it back to get it serviced? I have my first overseas trip since I got the camera in a few days and would really love for it to accompany me...
  8. That may be so (and whether one characterises this as a problem is another issue altogether) but that is not the problem the OP has stated. The OP stated that every time he changes profile, it resets to GMT0. The inference that can be drawn from this is that it resets to the factory default. It is clear that this narrower issue is the problem the OP has. He then goes on to answer his own problem in that he has to set the time zone individually for each profile for it to 'bind'. That being the solution to his problem, it cannot then itself be the problem unless the OP states that the solution is problematic. The OP has not done so. If I am wrong in the inference I drew in reference to factory default time zone then disregard what followed from it. The problem that you state is a different and broader problem. Notwithstanding what I said in response to the OP, I do agree (in response to you) that it is a problem; the problem being that if I were in a different time zone to my 'home' time zone, I would have to change the setting every time I changed profiles. The problem I think is the fact that the profiles attach to not just the shooting and storage settings, but every setting. Certainly a shortcoming on Leica's behalf.
  9. I had the same problem. I think it only happens with the initial save or activation of a profile. I simply went through the profiles I had and changed the timezone back to +10 and re-saved the profile. Problem fixed.
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