Added finally Leica digital - M-E 240

[Martin B]

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I finally took the plunge today after only shooting film with my Leica LTM and M cameras and using the same lenses on my Sony A7R for > 5 years successfully. But I really enjoy having the rangefinder also for digital. I saw a great deal for a barely used and mint looking M-E 240 made in 2019 which I was able to test and decided to purchase. Love the camera so far but still need to dig deep into functions and menus. So far everything looks straight forward. I really like the concise Leica manual (yes, I am one of the few who actually read a manual if needed ;)). Since I never shoot above ISO 6400 and never needed fast fps (99% is single shot only for me) but enjoy having LiveView if needed and sporadically at least having the video option, the camera seems right for what I need it for especially for the price . Of course I am not giving up on film in parallel - in fact I have in mind using digital and film side-by-side with the same set of lenses. Stay tuned, more to come :). 

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[Ko.Fe.]

Smart move, IMO. I got my M-E 220 new in 2016 for 3K usd. Fresh Leica is good start, IMO. It makes you keeping and using it for long time. Your’s should be good for ten years at least. Film is cool statement, but serious photography is always with trial and error. Digital M is lovely tool for it.

[Martin B]

7 hours ago, Ko.Fe. said:

Smart move, IMO. I got my M-E 220 new in 2016 for 3K usd. Fresh Leica is good start, IMO. It makes you keeping and using it for long time. Your’s should be good for ten years at least. Film is cool statement, but serious photography is always with trial and error. Digital M is lovely tool for it.

Thanks :). That's exactly my plan - to use the M-E 240 for many years to come. I was also eyeing with the M10, but even after the M10-R has been introduced now, it will take many years for M10 prices to come down for what I got the M-E 240 for. And the sensor between M10 and M240 is the same (just that the M10 allows higher ISO shooting which I don't need). I will continue shooting film with my Leica film M/LTM cameras for sure. One medium does not replace the other. As you said, sometimes it is just nice to have a digital shot.

Edited July 31, 2020 by Martin B

[tom.w.bn]

You wrote that you never shoot above ISO6400. Does that mean from time to time you shoot up to ISO6400? For me ISO1600 is the upper limit for most cases with that camera. 3200 is the last resort when I really need it and can live with the consequences. ISO6400 is just terrible for my taste. I can do 95% of my photos with ISO up to 1600. I suppose that for the rest even an M10 sensor would be too limited for me.

 

[Martin B]

24 minutes ago, tom.w.bn said:

You wrote that you never shoot above ISO6400. Does that mean from time to time you shoot up to ISO6400? For me ISO1600 is the upper limit for most cases with that camera. 3200 is the last resort when I really need it and can live with the consequences. ISO6400 is just terrible for my taste. I can do 95% of my photos with ISO up to 1600. I suppose that for the rest even an M10 sensor would be too limited for me.

 

That simply depends on personal shooting style. I shoot mostly film, and I can count the few times I needed to push film to ISO 3200. I have both the Canon 5D MkII and Sony A7R digital cameras which are not high ISO cameras either, and I never in all those years of shooting with them missed this performance either. Similar to you, I can do nearly all my shots even with ISO up to 800.