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Have a Leica ME, should I trade it for a Leica M-P


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  • 3 weeks later...

Yes

The upgrade is worth it for the shutter sound alone....but joking apart, having had several M9-based models and latterly an M and M-P, I have to say that the M240 cameras are a real improvement.

Yes, it's true that Leica has solved the M9 series sensor corrosion problem, but it's possible/probable that even the newest M-E will not yet have one with the improved glass. So it may need a trip to Wetzlar in the future - bank on up to several months without the camera.

 

So for me, the M/M-P has it. And I'm not entirely convinced by the CCD vs CMOS argument. Oops.......

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Can't keep up with all the new Leica's. Everything was fine up to and including the M9 then it all went haywire. Every time someone mentions an MA/ M-P or whatever I have to go the Leica website and look it up. Why Leica after all these years have you made such a nomenclature mess of things?

Sorry for hijacking the thread. :o

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I upgraded from an M240 to an M-P Safari.  Olive finish aside, the M-P has a 2GB buffer, lens frame line preview lever and sapphire glass rear screen.  These are worth the price of admission in spades, imho. 

 

If you are satisfied with your M-E, I would recommend upgrading to the M-P.  With it, you will be even more satisfied. 

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Hello,

 

The dilemma is as topic. Please let me know your thoughts.

 

Thanks,

 

If you don't imagine everybody is looking at you when you fire your M-E shutter, if you don't need a larger buffer, and more particularly if you can't decide for yourself, then why listen to fanboys for the M240? Keep your M-E until you can decide.

 

One other consideration, the new M will be announced soon, and guess what, all the people saying 'buy an M-P' will soon be saying how much better the new camera is over the 'old' M-P. It is often very sensible to jump a generation of camera just to get out of the constant upgrade cycle fuelled by gear lust unless there is a particular feature the new camera has that you genuinely need, but times like that are in reality few and far between. You have a bullet proof M-E that can have a new sensor if it ever needs one and come back from Leica like new, so no panic.

 

 

Steve

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