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I focused on the same subject using the rangefinder and the rear display with x5 focus aid using a 90mm Summarit a stop or two down from maximum Aperture. I took two shots with the latter but the one shot with the rangefinder trumps them both. I focussed on the beak of the brass bird in front.

 

In some situations I am sure the electronics will help but in good light I thought this really shows the worth of Leica's rangefinder.

 

Vikas M Gore | Rangefinder focus

 

Slight colour adjustment to make it marginally cooler in PP and a bit of cropping to remove a bit more of the person on the right.

 

The peak focusing aid was visible but in this context somehow not as useful as I thought it might be. Perhaps the red and the brass are too close in colour.

 

- Vikas

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I focused on the same subject using the rangefinder and the rear display with x5 focus aid using a 90mm Summarit a stop or two down from maximum Aperture. I took two shots with the latter but the one shot with the rangefinder trumps them both. I focussed on the beak of the brass bird in front.

 

- Vikas

 

All this tells me is that you don't know how to focus and shoot with focus peaking.

 

I agree that the rangefinder is faster, and has many other advantages that I don't need to rehash here. However not being able to get a sharp image with Live View is your fault, not the M240's.

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All this tells me is that you don't know how to focus and shoot with focus peaking. ...

 

That may well be :-). I was not trying to trash Live View focussing in a bout of M9 nostalgia. I'm lucky I did not have to sell my M9 to finance the M240 because it's going to be useful to have two bodies. But I know I would prefer having two M240s if given the choice. I think Live View/focus peaking is going to be a very useful feature for me quite frequently.

 

- Vikas

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I believe the rangefinder in the M240 is the best one I have ever owned. Not only is it the best calibrated rangefinder I have ever received new from Leica, the LED framelines help much more than I would have thought. It's bright and clear, and a far cry from my first Leica, a IIIC, that I began shooting with over thirty years ago.

 

I think Leica has done an excellent job with focus peaking and focus zoom, although I think these features are much more difficult to use with the rear LCD, as opposed to the EVF. I still would like an exposure lock so I don't have to rely 100% on the meter when using focus peaking, but perhaps Leica will address this in a firmware update.

 

FYI, I used to shoot with two M9 bodies, but now I shoot with one Leica and one Canon. You need to seriously ask yourself what the second body is for, and how you will use it. For me it made sense to find a backup that could do things the Leica could not. YMMV.

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I agree with you on the rangefinder. i started with a IIIf (was it g?) with a separate rangefinder/viewfinder peepholes which is a different experience altogether!

 

The second body is to reduce changing lenses. I have another camera - I sometimes carry a D-Lux on short business trips for trouble-shooting site photographs and such (I'm an architect).

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