Usually you think of a long lens flattening perspective. Sometimes, all it takes is a lack of visual clues. This image was made with an 18mm lens on a M240: I think it works read as a flat subject, and also as two 90-degree planes that join 60% of the way across the image. The… [Read More]
Traveling with the Leica M240, part 12
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]
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]
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