Archives for November 23, 2013

Since I had the 400 set up, I ran the previous tests using the D800E instead of the Leica M240. Horizontal camera orientation, shutter tripped remotely, no shutter delay: Horizontal camera orientation, shutter tripped remotely, 3 second shutter delay: Vertical camera orientation, shutter tripped remotely, no shutter delay: Vertical camera orientation, shutter tripped remotely, 3… [Read More]

I set out to see if I could see the effect of the two shutter movements — one to close it and one to open it again — that happen with the Leica M240 in live view mode. I put a Novoflex M-to-F adapter on the M240. It’s a nice little piece, with a ring… [Read More]

I went back and did the testing of the previous post using the self-timer (set to 2 seconds) to release the shutter. The results are cleaner because there’s no hand-induced vibration, but say the same thing: leaving live view on with the M240 won’t hurt your sharpness with the tripod and ball I used and… [Read More]

There has been discussion on the web (here) of unsharp Leica M240 images made with live view. Now that I have a tool to measure vibration-induced lack of sharpness, I thought I’d take a look. When you’re in live view mode on the M240 the shutter is open. When you press the shutter release, the… [Read More]