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I have added M240 + APO 50mm setup in my studio photography workflow (in parallel with Hasselblad H4D-50 which is my main camera) and all I can say is I’m amazed with the quality and resolution of this lens. Contrast, sharpness and clarity on the glass and dynamic range of M240 sensor is very impressive! I have shot this photo with M240 + APO 50mm + Broncolor Para 88 with grid (main light) + Broncolor Grafit A4 pack + Elinchrom Octa Light Bank (fill light). Post process with Photoshop and Lightroom. Thanks!
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My setup includes: ARCA-SWISS Monoball p0 with Quick set device "Flip-lock” Arca-Swiss L-Bracket LEICA M MULTI-FUNCTION HANDGRIP for direct tethering with Leica Image Shuttle + Adobe Lightroom Gitzo GT3542XLS TetherPro Mini-B USB 2.0 Right Angle Cable + USB Cable Hope this helps those who are interested or planning to add Leica M240 to their studio workflow.
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Good day everyone I have a news to share with you all. Just received my M240 100th Anniversary Edition Black or normally known as M100 some event call it 100th M. sharing some photos with you of it as it arrived and me and my friend unboxing it. Last week i came across that M100 was launched on limited numbers to 500 bodies (250 black and 250 chrome) lucky Reddotcamers had few and managed to get from them. I must say Reddot guys are very friendly and entire deal went very smooth, They received their payment and shipped the bodies to Bahrain the same day using DHL. The M100 is sitting now side by side with M9 both are having a discussion and getting to know each other. I loved and still love M9. there was no reason for me to upgrade to M but the whole 100th year of Leica and making anniversary camera .... I just could not hold it back. Any advice on the M will be highly appreciated. gonna take it out for test drive tonight. here are some of the images of us unboxing the M100. Note: One thing i could not understand ... there was no serial number but date ... both our cameras has a day difference between each other. I am wondering if thats the new serial number for these cameras.? any advice on this.?
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A late morning stroll in mid-May around the old centre of wonderful Cordoba. Hot work too at circa 30deg C (86F in old money). M240, Elmarit-M 28mm ASPH.
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With the (hopefully) imminent arrival of the M 240 I would have expected to see an increase of M9's and M9-P's hitting the 'used equipment' market. This does not really seem to have happened. Is this because people are not trading up or are they keeping their original gear and adding to it. I realise not everyone will trade their M9's etc. to the M but I thought there would be more movement than there is. I personally think that getting the right price will be tough. I still have my M9-P which I will trade in for my M (when it eventually arrives). Dealer will not give me a price yet but seems to think that £3000 would be erring on high? Seems very low to me. Wouldn't mind some of your thoughts. Lee
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Two shots from yesterday's visit to Swindon's Steam Museum. M240, ZM21mm Biogon, VF-2. First image is (was) my local railway station, which opened in 1903 and closed in 1965. Second is a representation of the foundry in the Great Western Railway's loco-works, Swindon, circa late 1800's.
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after having those 2 cameras in 2 separate checked suitcases on 3 different flights, they do not work at all. The screen doesn't light up. Batteries are fully charged and i have tried different SD cards in both cameras. The display in the viewfinder on the M says SD. The shutter works, but only after toggling between the single- and multiexposure buttons. No images arrive on the card. I have tried 3 different lenses on the M. I cannot even reformat the cards because i cannot get to any of the menus. The screen on the X1 lights up a little when i switch it on but shows no messages at all. The M screen is totally dead. I fear that some process by the TSA (who opened at least one of our suitcases) may have zapped the electronics. Is there a way to reset the cameras (some weird 2- or 3-button reset like on my computer) without access to the screen and its menus? The M is only 6 weeks old and worked very well before i packed it. So did my wife's X1. I've been using Leicas for 40 years including pretty much all the electronic models. Next to the new M240, I shall keep my M8 and use it for b/w only. I travel a lot and usually check baggage with the camera inside as they are so heavy and security people (especially in the US) often freak out when they find a camera made from real metal.
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I first noticed that something was terrible wrong when 2/3 of my pictures turned up black. Fortunately I check the images frequently while shooting. To my shock I discovered what you see on this picture. What had happened? I have sent the camera and the two lenses that I were using to Leica awaiting the verdict. Anyone experienced similar? Helge Pedersen
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The proletariat can carry on their retail activities, safe in the knowledge that Big Brother is keeping a watch... M240, C-Sonnar 50mm f1.5.
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Checking out the used Leica lens selection at my local dealer - Service Photo in Baltimore - and one of the staff mentioned that they have a new Silver M body (M240) in stock, with no one officially waiting for it. I guess that it will be a Leica Christmas for someone - but probably not me.
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I am brand new to Leica and have purchased the M240 just a couple of days ago. I have always wanted to own a Leica and the opportunity presented itself and I could not let it pass by. Because I am so new to Leica I could use some recommendations on lens selection. I have roughly 6k to spend and cannot decide if I should buy the 35 f1.4 Summilux or for roughly the same money buy the 35 and 50 Summicron f2's. Is there a 2k difference between the 35 lux and cron? Either way it seems like I win. I have gone back and forth and could give you 50 reasons why each option is the right one for me but I was hoping to hear some feedback from the community. I know that there are other lens options out there but at this time I only want to go with Leica and only buy new. My wife is buying me the M240 for Christmas so I don't get to use it until then it gives me just enough time to get some lenses here before Christmas. It is killing me by the way! Any help would be appreciated. -
Hi all, I've been having a problem with my M240 where when attaching any lens using a Voigtlander Leica screw mount to M mount adaptor, the lens is not recognised as being connected, and as such, I cannot use Live View, EVF or video functions. It shoots photos just fine. I've attached my Voigtlander 12mm, shot a number of frames, however video does not work. The camera has an error that reports 'No lens attached' or similar and refuses to go into Live View mode. I contacted Leica, and they told me to set Lens Detection to OFF and try again. Same problem. At this point they told me to send it in for repair. Seeing as I've only had it a very short time, and, being in Australia, this is a pain (and a great expense) whichever way I try to do it (either sending to the authorised repairer in Melbourne or sending straight to Solms) I'm somewhat reticent to do so. Obviously I may end up having to do this, but I thought I'd ask here first to see if anyone had any similar experiences or possible solutions? My only thought is that my adaptor is quite old, and perhaps a newer one (a coded one?) may have a different design and work better in this situation. Has anyone else by any chance experienced this issue?
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Some test shot with my new Toy
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This one REVIEW - LEICA M TYPE 240 seems to identify the M240's shortcomings while remaining pragmatically appreciative. There are also a few lens reviews on the site.
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Just an FYI..... I find my M240 when set to Classic and Center Weighted shooting in the vertical position exposes +1/3 to +2/3 to the right. And when in the Horizontal position it exposes -1/3 to -2/3 to the left underexposed. While reviewing 150 images from a street shoot it was my first time using Lightroom 5 in the library mode, I thought I would correct all of the exposures with the exposure panel. As I'm going thru the exposures I notice that only a few images are perfect exposure and 90% of the horizontal images are under exposed by -1/3 to -2/3 of a stop (to the left). So I'm going thru clicking on the right arrow to increase the exposure and every time I get to some vertically shot images they are too bright HUH! All of the vertical images except for one are overexposed by +1/3-+2/3 of a stop. So you ask did I check for the Red exposure dot and verify every image was metered correctly for the most part but that would not result in the majority of consistency's I now see. I also see that with the background being mostly white or a lot of the background white the image tends to overexpose from the meter reading when shooting with my 50 lux but when I'm shooting with my 21mm its still underexposed by -1/3 to -2/3 of a stop.
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Hopefully I'm not repeating a thread here. I think I may be having a problem with this menu setting. The manual states, on pg 205 under "AUTOMATIC REVIEW OF LAST PICTURE," "2. In the associated sub-menus select the desired function or time: (Off, 1 second, 3 seconds, 5 seconds, Continuous, Shutter release pressed)." On the camera it states, in Setup/Auto Review, "Permanent" rather than "Continuous" and "Release button pressed" instead of "Shutter release pressed." I'm running FW 1.1.0.2. I'm not concerned about the change in wording, but that when I select "Release button pressed" on the camera, no image is displayed after exposing. The image is simply written without display as if set to "Off". When "Permanent" is selected, the image taken is displayed until the release button is pressed. The only issue with this is that the exposure indicators in the viewfinder remain on and don't turn off after 24secs with the "Permanent" setting, but they do under all the other options in this setting (including "Release button pressed"). As I'm used to having the image (and histogram) on display until the shutter release is pressed (on the M9), I prefer to leave it on "Permanent", however the exposure in the viewfinder remains on which is a drain (admittedly minimal)... Anyone else notice these issues? If not, are you running the 1.1.0.2 firmware or a prior version? Thanks in advance for any responses, Bob
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I'm consistently getting a green tint on my M240 photos. I tested White Balance settings: Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, and Grey Card. Even the Grey Card is giving too much green. I hoped manually setting the White Balance would fix it. I do the RAW processing in iPhoto, but I see similar results when i use Lightroom 5 to processes the RAW files. The tint in iPhoto is in the 20-25 range (green). Fixable but a hassle. Are other users seeing a similar issue. Is this issue (White Balance related?) on the firmware update wish list? Mike
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The glued on magnet from my M240 baseplate fell off and has been lost. The camera is nonworking due to this. I've emailed the local Leica repair center (Singapore), yet I am currently in Thailand and traveling in SE Asia. Their answer (no parts here, will need to be sent back to Solms), which I want to try an avoid. Ive also considered another RSS baseplate (will have to ship international, etc). I propose this question with hope there could be a simpler DIY solution. Does anyone know of an alternative solution, or have details about the small magnet (glued-bad design?) Leica/RSS uses. I'm currently hunting a similar sized magent to use.. Would another (presumely) neodymium magnet work if I were to find one? A random issue, but seeing it is an inconvenience to take to service center now. Does anyone have a suggestion of an immediate fix? Thanks in advance.
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Hi, I was recently taking some photos in Arkansas, on a hot and humid day. The temperature was around 35C and the humidity was about 60%. I was using the EVF with a 21 mm. I had been shooting for an hour or so, when the EVF started staying black after I had taken an image. The only way to get the live view back was to turn the camera on and off. This behaviour stopped after I returned to a cool air-conditioned building. I saw this behaviour twice. Things I checked at the time: - The EVF was properly seated. - I tried removing the battery and replacing with another. Things I did not check at the time: - The Live View directly on the back of the camera (I feel foolish in hindsight for not having done this). Anyone else seen this? Chris PS, and here are the images http://www.ckpho.to/-/galleries/blog/crossing-borders-10
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I received an M240 today. Having a great time with it. I charged the battery until the 80% light came on. Set the camera up and had to take a few photos to have a look in Lightroom. I then let the battery charge for at least 2 hours. The 80% light came on and the constant green light. I understand that means the battery is fully charged. However the battery percentage is still showing 80% when I put it in the camera and immediately hit the Info button. Can't understand why it would not be 100%. Any one else seen this. I am missing something? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Les
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Keeping M240 and lenses in Pelican 1520 case safe and organized for location shoots and travel when other bags wont be protective enough. 50mm 1.4 ASPH and another M body will be added to the case (which there is enough space for them).
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M240, Elmarit-M 28mm ASPH.
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In the Monfragüe National Park, Extremadura. M240, ZM Biogon 21mm f2.8, SEfexPro2.
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On 05/23/2014 the following item were stolen in Barcelona: Leica M240 black Nr. 04444453 with EVF-2, brown half case, thumbie... Leica Super-Elmar-M 1:3,4/21mm Asph. Nr. 04181335 Leica Summicron-M 1:1,4/50mm Asph. Nr. 04214491 Leica Summicron-M 1:2,0/90mm Asph. Nr. ?? Leica Apo-Telyt-R 1:3,4/180mm Nr. 2814981 Leica R-M-Adapter all together in a brown Dothebag mono_5. I can say: be very careful in Barcelona - very nice city, but.. Unfortunately my SD-Cards with the pictures are stolen too.
