Leica M240 and lux 35/1.4 really outperformed by Sony RX1R?

[Exodies]

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I never really understand how useful these threads are here.

What Is the person who passes on the comments from a reviewer going to get from the thread? Are they trying to convince themselves to buy Leica..or not buy Leica?

Or do Leica users get convinced to switch

Of course you can make great photos with all manner of cameras and different systems have different strengths.

 

If some photographers choose to use Sony or the excellent Fujifim cameras or their phone or anything else, good luck to them. I don't follow why they want to convince others here though

 

Messages from random strangers on the internet are exchanges of opinion. In some cases this will help us to understand our own opinions better.

 

What you read in forums is fiction, not fact. For example, if these were facts we'd be in a very confusing universe:

 

Re: Anyone figure out why the 240 freezes up?

 

No. Mine never did.

 

Yeah - heat + EVF freezes - I’ve had those . It had to be VERY hot. Disabling auto-switchoff seemed to cure them

 

And as it's fiction, anything goes.

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[lct]

It's just that you don't see the basic distinction between M240 and M240+EVF i guess .

Seriously i've never got the least camera freezing with the M240 so far but the EVF is but a modern Visoflex for me and i don't use it more than 10% of the time roughly.

[jaapv]

Messages from random strangers on the internet are exchanges of opinion. In some cases this will help us to understand our own opinions better.

 

What you read in forums is fiction, not fact. For example, if these were facts we'd be in a very confusing universe:

 

Re: Anyone figure out why the 240 freezes up?

 

 

 

 

 

And as it's fiction, anything goes.

Lack of understanding, more likely. Normal usage in temperate climates seems to produce an occasional lockup with some cameras (SD cards?)

Using the camera at its top-end of temperature specifications with an EVF and auto-shutoff produces a lockup after one shot, reproducibly. This is a high temperature safety kicking in too early, most likely.

[algrove]

I am going to go out and buy all other camera brands in hopes my images get better.

[tundraline]

My M240 froze up on me once -- at about -10 C. Problem solved by taking the battery and putting it back in.

[bephoto]

Mr. Lloyd has repeatedly made clear by his own admission that he is unable to focus a rangefinder properly, a basic photographic skill that most if not all posters in this forum have mastered.

 

I think this is a bit exaggerated by some reviewers that make some occult esoteric knowledge out of rangefinder focusing. I think they use this fallacy to add negative points when ever a leica is in question. lend a leica to a non photographer they can nail focus first time. comparing a compact fix lens camera to open system is as stupid as comparing a view camera to a DSLR. btw 35mm f/1.4 vs 35mm f/2

[dmclalla]

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Sometimes, it's for the pure joy of speculating and understanding, no real need nor intention to convince somebody else