Digital M Owners:Advice For A Soon To Be Owner

Thank you for your comments and recommendations, I have taken them into consideration and pulled the trigger on a clean silver M240. Should be here by the weekend.

Let the fun begin !
 
Get an M9-P. It's more understated than the M9, has a sapphire glass screen (indestructable), and the files are amazing. It looks like an old Leica and produces colors that are worthy of Kodachrome.

Since you have Oly and Sony gear, if the sensor goes tango uniform, you've got backups to shoot.

M9-P, the best way to fly Leica.


Leica M9-P With Zeiss C-Sonnar 50/1.5, January 22, 2016 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr
 
I have never owned a digital M, but I do drink the CCD kool-aid — I think M9 images look wonderful — and I could work with the relatively limited ISO range. But I just don't know how people live with that low-res LCD. (I sort of wish it didn't bug me!) For that reason alone, I would go M240, but that's just me.
 
leo mm said:
But I just don't know how people live with that low-res LCD. (I sort of wish it didn't bug me!) For that reason alone, I would go M240, but that's just me.
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I was fortunate to start in digital photography in 2002 when the camera LCDs of that time make that of the M9 look pretty impressive. Those early LCDs were usable only for menus & settings, histograms, and checking composition. They were useless for color accuracy, white balance, or checking focus. Even though today many of the LCDs are quite good - I still use them like I did in 2002. So my M9 LCD is just fine. All that said - I would not want an M9 LCD on a Live View body. :)
 
great choice with the M240, between the 2, if I had over 3000$ to spend, it would be my first choice. but if budget is limited around 2000$ then the M9 is more than satisfactory.

TBH the only reason the M240 trumps the M9 for me is the quieter shutter. higher ISO and CMOS(Live View) sensor are just bonus
 
leo mm said:
I have never owned a digital M, but I do drink the CCD kool-aid — I think M9 images look wonderful — and I could work with the relatively limited ISO range. But I just don't know how people live with that low-res LCD. (I sort of wish it didn't bug me!) For that reason alone, I would go M240, but that's just me.
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Easy. It's an improvement over the screen on my M4-P!
 
Moto Mark said:
Thank you for your comments and recommendations, I have taken them into consideration and pulled the trigger on a clean silver M240. Should be here by the weekend.

Let the fun begin !
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You have made an excellent decision. A used M240 was going to be my recommendation. It will serve you well and it is a hell of a lot of camera for your budget of $4k.
 
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