Nick De Marco Posted June 14, 2013 Share #1 Posted June 14, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) A second photo selection/review of the Leica M and my first impressions with this lovely camera on my latest blog post here: Rangefinder Chronicles: Further Reflections on the Leica M (Typ 240) - Review 2, April 2013 And a couple of the photos from the post - the first with the Zeiss 50mm Sonnar f1.5, the second with the Zeiss 21mm Biogon f2.8 Thanks for looking Nick Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/206813-further-reflections-on-the-leica-m-typ-240/?do=findComment&comment=2348568'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 Hi Nick De Marco, Take a look here Further reflections on the Leica M (Typ 240). I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
01af Posted June 14, 2013 Share #2 Posted June 14, 2013 In your blog, you wrote: ... the M sometimes goes to sleep and does not respond at all when I press the shutter. I have lost the chance to take some photos as a result of this. It must be something wrong with my particular camera as other users have not experienced the same thing. Nick, the same happened to me a few times as well. The problem is not that the camera wouldn't respond at all. It does respond—albeit after a significant delay only. The wake-up delay from sleep mode simply is exactly as long as the start-up delay you get when switching the camera on via the main switch. Which is entirely unacceptable. I sincerely hope Leica will fix this as soon as possible. Some users reported significantly shorter start-up times (and hence, wake-up times) with the latest and fastest UHS-I SDXC memory cards. But then, start-up time mustn't be any longer, with any kind of SD card, as in the M8 or M9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted June 14, 2013 Thanks Olaf Yes mine does do that sometimes, but as I mention in the blog at times it also just jams completely and never wakes up, unless I turn the camera on and off, by which time the person I wanted to photograph has escaped. I am reporting this to Leica when i send the camera back to have the lugs checked - and I shall expect them to fix it. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted June 15, 2013 Share #4 Posted June 15, 2013 Thanks Nick, very much enjoyed your commentary and photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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3D-Kraft.com Posted June 15, 2013 Share #6 Posted June 15, 2013 but as I mention in the blog at times it also just jams completely and never wakes up, unless I turn the camera on and off, by which time the person I wanted to photograph has escaped. I experienced that as well so it is propably not an issue with your particular copy only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted June 15, 2013 Share #7 Posted June 15, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) What is your workaround for this feature? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erudolph Posted June 16, 2013 Share #8 Posted June 16, 2013 Thanks Olaf...as I mention in the blog at times it also just jams completely and never wakes up, unless I turn the camera on and off, by which time the person I wanted to photograph has escaped. I am reporting this to Leica when i send the camera back to have the lugs checked - and I shall expect them to fix it. Nick For me the problem behavior is different. It happens when I'm using the EVF. Sometimes while shooting the shutter doesn't open up after capture and I'm unable to shoot another picture until cycling the power. This has happened only a few times and I've had the camera only a short time so that I haven't yet exactly grasped the sequence of events. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted June 16, 2013 What is your workaround for this feature? Sorry, what do you mean? Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted June 16, 2013 Share #10 Posted June 16, 2013 ...Some users reported significantly shorter start-up times (and hence, wake-up times) with the latest and fastest UHS-I SDXC memory cards... With mere class 10 SD cards as well. On second for Lindolfi vs 2.5s for me with a later body. The reason for such a difference escapes me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindolfi Posted June 16, 2013 Share #11 Posted June 16, 2013 With mere class 10 SD cards as well. On second for Lindolfi vs 2.5s for me with a later body. The reason for such a difference escapes me. Just bought a Sandisk Extreme 45 MB/sec 32 Gbyte, and it is much slower in start-up time (about 2.5 sec.) than the Sandisk Extreme 45 MB/sec 16 GByte, both after formatting with SDFormatter on a Mac. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted June 16, 2013 Share #12 Posted June 16, 2013 Just bought a Sandisk Extreme 45 MB/sec 32 Gbyte, and it is much slower in start-up time (about 2.5 sec.) than the Sandisk Extreme 45 MB/sec 16 GByte, both after formatting with SDFormatter on a Mac. Interesting indeed but my Sandisk 16 GB card is the same as yours and i'm stuck at 2.5 sec like with my other class 10 16GB cards (Mustang, Transcend, Samsung), all formatted with SDFormatter as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erudolph Posted June 16, 2013 Share #13 Posted June 16, 2013 Just bought a Sandisk Extreme 45 MB/sec 32 Gbyte, and it is much slower in start-up time (about 2.5 sec.) than the Sandisk Extreme 45 MB/sec 16 GByte, both after formatting with SDFormatter on a Mac. 2.5 sec was my time with the 32g Mustang card. But that was with Advanced metering enabled. For speed tests don't we need to specify settings for LV and metering? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindolfi Posted June 16, 2013 Share #14 Posted June 16, 2013 Absolutely Erudolph. My measurements were in classic mode and without LiveView. To me that's the way I work with fast photography, so then startup time may matter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted June 16, 2013 Share #15 Posted June 16, 2013 Exactly. I begin to wonder if your Sandisk 16GB card is not an Extreme Pro disguised in Extreme. Just ordered one sample of the former to check if it makes a difference actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindolfi Posted June 16, 2013 Share #16 Posted June 16, 2013 Exactly. I begin to wonder if your Sandisk 16GB card is not an Extreme Pro disguised in Extreme. Just ordered one sample of the former to check if it makes a difference actually. Just ran speed tests on both cards with the open source software sdspeed. ( http://www.flagsoft.com/cmswp/products/sdspeed-sd-card-memory-speed-test/ ) These are the results SD cards speed Sandisk Extreme 45 MB/sec 16 GB, write 36.29 MB/sec read 29.71 MB/sec Sandisk Extreme 45 MB/sec 32 GB, write 36.58 MB/sec read 29.66 MB/sec So no difference there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted June 16, 2013 Share #17 Posted June 16, 2013 So no 95 MB/s like Extreme Pro... Anyway i'll see what happens when i receive mine... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookedart Posted June 19, 2013 Share #18 Posted June 19, 2013 Hey Nick, How is focusing the biogon on the M240 with live view? Is it hard to differentiate what is in focus on a wide angle? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share #19 Posted June 19, 2013 Hey Nick, How is focusing the biogon on the M240 with live view? Is it hard to differentiate what is in focus on a wide angle? As it's coupled I still usually use the RF for focussing the Biogon - use live view for composition. On the other hand with the 25mm Biogon I sometimes do use LV to focus, because it focusses down to .5M which the Leica RF cannot do. For such close focussing it is easy to focus with LV anyway, especially with the x10 magnifier Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldh Posted June 22, 2013 Share #20 Posted June 22, 2013 I experienced that as well so it is propably not an issue with your particular copy only. +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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