Coda For the past series of posts, I’ve been enthusing about the Leica lenses. Here’s an example of what I like so much that I think will come across even at web resolution: 1950s fire truck, Summerside, Prince Edward Island. 90mm Summicron, f/13 @ 1/45, ISO 200. It’s not that the lens is just sharp…. [Read More]
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Traveling with the Leica M240, part 11
Summary At the end of a camera review, the reader usually asks, “Do you recommend buying one?” My answer is always, “It all depends.” That’s true in spades for the M240. Let’s deal with the easy case first. If you’ve got an M8 or M9 and a lot of Leica glass, and want any or… [Read More]
Traveling with the Leica M240, part 10
Being an engineer, I always have suggestions for improvement when I first encounter a camera. Here are some that don’t change the basic gestalt of the M240. UI changes requiring new hardware ISO, exposure compensation, etc. buttons on the left top of the camera. There’s plenty of room. Combine with B&W reflective-mode LCD display a… [Read More]
Traveling with the Leica M240, part 9
I’m getting to the end of this series of posts. I have a few more small things to say and then I’ll sum up. Freeze ups There have been complaints about M240 freeze-ups, some of which can only be resolved by removing the battery. I’ve not seen these. I have observed a repeatable freeze-up, and… [Read More]
Traveling with the Leica M240, part 8
Panoramics Making images for stitched panos with the M9 was an exercise in frustration, unless you kept the sequences to 6 or 7 images. The buffer would fill up and you’d have to wait what seemed like forever between shots, during which time, the light would change, the wind would blow, and your subject would… [Read More]
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