Frame selector?

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I always used it before, in fact it was one thing I really disliked about the M240 before I got one.  Then I got used to being without it, and realized I don't need it, because from all my years of using M cameras I have the frames memorized w.r.t. each other.  Now I don't consider the selector a selling point anymore, in fact I consider it a liability, one more thing to possibly go wrong (as happened to me once on an M6TTL). 

[cp995]

From a "design" and "beauty" perspective I'd prefer a lot M-cameras without it.

I'm using it only in the rare case of not matching LTM Adapters for these lenses.

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[UliWer]

As always, Leica marketing answers the question:

 

For the M3 the frame selector was a very important device to make full use of the M.

 

When the M240 had none, Leica people said: Nobody uses it.

 

For the M10 the frame selector is a very important device to make full use of the M.

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[...] When the M240 had none, Leica people said: Nobody uses it. [...]

 

Same people claiming that "M (typ 240)" means something i guess. Unless they've been ousted by Leica...