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I'm not able to focus with the focus peaking with my M240. It does not clearly show neither on the display nor in the EVF. What do I do wrong? Somebody? Work with Elmarit 21/2.8 Asph and Summarit 50/2.5………

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Dear all, I am currently making a big part of my photos with my M(240) + 50/0.95 (also using the 75/1.4) with the 1,4* viewfinder magnifier. In low light I 'd like to have more clarity. I am considering the M10 and wonder if the better viewfinder of the M10 (particularly brightness) is still much better than the M(240) with the viewfinder magnifier (as you need to use an adapter to screw it on, do you reduce the advantage ?) Do any of you have experience with that ? thanks Didier

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I wandered into my local dealership the other day, and walked right into a Canon promo day where one of the reps was selling his wife's home-made jam (jelly) in aid of cancer charities. I told him I wouldn't switch to Canon, but I would buy a pot of his jam if I could photograph the pot lids. I think he thought I was slightly crazy, but here is the result which just goes to show you never know when and where you are going to see something worthwhile, so keep your eyes open! Leica M240 + 35mm Summarit f2.5 at 800iso, Shop lighting only. I ate the prop, it was delicious! Gerry

"See The Pyramids Along the Nile Watch the sun rise On a tropic isle Just remember darling All the while You belong to me… See the market place In old Algiers Send me photographs And souvenirs Just remember ‘Til your dream appears You belong to me…. I’ll be so alone Without you Maybe You’ll be lonesome, too Maybe You’ll be lonesome too…" [ 52 more words ] https://msvphoto.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/you-belong-to-me/ Ph. © Massimo S. Volonté Fotografo​ M240, 35'cron

"Nightmare no. 110" Provocative materials for thoughts Only cash Dependancies Little secrets, big lies Summer kisses, winter tears Lost on this side of my borders This moment is already gone In everlasting memories I’ve been putting aside, as a stack of logs, a bunch of dreams Like those logs, all reveries will end up in flames and smoke Alone on the sidewalk of the city of nothingness… [ 191 more words ] https://msvphoto.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/nightmare-no-110/ Ph. © Massimo S. Volonté Fotografo​ M240, 35'cron

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Casa degli Omenoni Milano, Italy. Nov. 2017 © Massimo S. Volonté Fotografo​ > https://msvphoto.wordpress.com/2018/03/05/beautiful-catastrophe-064/ M240, 35'cron

I post this to see if anyone else have/had the same sensor issues with their M240 (M-P). I was playing around in Lightroom in November 2017, mainly testing different extreme values with the haze control, and other stuff to experiment with my photography. To my astonishment I saw a vertical line running exactly in the middle of the uncropped image. I then tested a photo from April 2015 that was taken with another M240 M-P body I had at that time. And the same vertical line appeared. I then randomly tested several other photos, and the same line appears, in virtually all photos, from both M-P bodies! I have a total of more than 20000 photos with M-P:s that in some or another way are affected by this problem. Attached here is an example of a jpg from M-P body 1, and one of M-P body 2, after tweakning the dng:s. The dng:s and full JPG:s can be downloaded to view through the links provided here: Link to DNG (M-P body 1): https://we.tl/FQQkFgKo7U Link to JPG (M-P body 1): https://we.tl/4BpPecbwmR Link to DNG (M-P body 2): https://we.tl/O2Kb9XKab7 Link to JPG (M-P body 2): https://we.tl/a3Vw2FUBYQ These images do not represent my photography (www.m9x.se), but they show the problem very clearly. So I went to my local Leica center in Stockholm who sent it to Leica in Germany. My lokal Leica dealer is fantastic by the way. I instructed Leica to test the way I had done in Lightroom doing the following: - adjust ”haze” to a the right - lower the value of vibrance - lower the value of saturation - set exposure to show a standard good histogram curve Leica concluded that the sensor ”function within tolerances”. They said: Both I and my lokal Leica dealer where astonished and very surprised. Separately we wrote to Leica. My dealer wrote this to Leica: To add to this, I told Leica that I would most likely post something on a forum to see if others have the same problem. To this Leica sent out a in-house alert message (that I mistakenly received a copy of) saying: Have I found an inherent problem with the sensor construction on the M240? To sum up: The vertical line appears in the exact same position in both bodys. This probably means it is an inherent problem in the construction of the sensor, or? My guess is that the sensor consists of two halves fused together, and that this fuse is not seamless (no, I do not know this, I am not a technician). The line appears in Lightroom (but also in C1Pro, Silver Efex Pro, ON1 Photo Raw). So it is not a matter of software. Although, in Lightroom (Leica´s preferred software) it appears much stronger than in C1P11. I have tested other cameras, and I cannot get a vertical line to appear in any images from them. I tested a GH4 heavily during the period my M-P was in Germany, as well as Ricoh GRii. And my old M9 did not have this problem, nor the even older Canon 5D. It is not a dead pixel problem. It is not banding. A camera that costs around 7000 Euro should not have this kind of sensor issue. A photographer/artist should be able to tweak a photo without a vertical line separating the image in two halves. There are many other competing camera makers nowadays. A camera company in 2018 should not act this way to faithful consumers. My Leica garage includes/included: R4, M9, M-P, 18/3.4, 28/2.8 Asph, 35/2 vers 4, two 50/1.4 Asph, 50/1.4, two 75/2 APO, 90/2.8, Digital flash SD20, etc… I am a devoted hobby photographer. I am not rich (not even close) and the expenses from Leica equipment means less of other things in my life. But I have spent 25000 Euro on Leica products through the years. I do not make any money on photography. I have used Leica for the love of their products. But maybe not som much anymore, to which I am very sad. Any one out there that has had the same problem?

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They were also surprised by the unexpected snow today.

Guten Abend zusammen, kennt jemand dieses Phänomen mit einer M240 M-P? Nach einigen Aufnahmen im Serien-Modus © lassen sich die geschossenen Bilder noch problemlos auf dem Rückwand Monitor checken, später dann beim Übertragen auf den Rechner sind die Bilder nicht mehr vorhanden. Mir ist das heute bei einem wichtigen Termin passiert. Für mich sehr ärgerlich, weil ich den Termin so nicht wiederholen kann und die Bilder damit passé sind. Benutzt habe ich eine vor ca. 4 Monaten gekaufte San Disc Extreme 32 GB, die bis dahin auch reibungslos funktioniert hat. Ich hatte dieses Phänomen mit einer anderen Karte schon ein Mal an der M240 und es seinerzeit auf die Karte geschoben. Diese ältere Karte verrichtet seither ihren Dienst in einer anderen Kamera - ohne Zicken. Was mich nun vor allem wundert ist, dass die M240 die Bilder erstellt hat, der Bildzähler weiterläuft, die Daten auf der Karte aber nicht mehr auffindbar sind. Das heißt, es gibt eine Datei L1003093 und dann als nächstes Bild die Datei L1003115, dazwischen keine Dateien. Ich habe einen Tiefenscan mit wondershare über die SD Karte laufen lassen, das hat nichts gebracht. Demnach sind die betreffenden Bilder nie auf der Karte abgespeichert worden, nehme ich an. Hatte jemand von Euch schon mal das gleiche Problem? Und, hat er eine Lösung gefunden das zu beheben? Bin für eure Tipps sehr dankbar! Schönen Abend schon mal.

Bull Elephant Pair M240 Summicrom 90 f2

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