ktmrider
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Just turn everything on the M240 off and give the money you save to charity.
John, thanks for asking so politely. My question reads like a dilettante's gear ennui, and likely it really is nothing more.
My M240 and M6 don't see much use because I'm shooting less overall and what I am shooting (music venues primarily combined with travel, a little event work) I moved over to Fuji X a couple years ago. As the Fuji inventory has grown, my Leica gear has shrunk down from mutiple bodies and lenses to one film and one digi body and a few lenses. Since they don't see much use, I was thinking to consolidate it down to a body and lens or two that require a different way of shooting, close to film, very simple, no tele lenses, no super wides, zone focus, manual exposure. Which is what I do with the M6, and really enjoy it, except I just don't shoot much film. A digital version of that M6 would be perfect.
A personal camera only, not for the work of getting the shot, but just making and taking shots in a coherent, themed way. Same lens, same sensor, same or at least similar look.
I know that an M240 can be used just this way - don't use the rear screen, don't use live view, and so on. But I don't do that, for some reason. I would use the M-D that way, since that's the only way to use it.
This is not making much sense, I know. So I'll stop there before I embarrass myself further.
Just turn everything on the M240 off and give the money you save to charity.
Shot just now at ISO 6400, 1/4 second @ f/2. Light from the TV. Good colour, but more banding than I'd like (admittedly it was pretty darned dark). Fortunately I don't make a habit of shooting at this ISO.
Can't have enough cat photos taken with the M-D. ...
That photo of Riley watching tv I originally thought was window light in the afternoon. I like what you're getting with the M-D, Vince, as it really brings out the workings of the camera for all to see.
I hope you get a Leica Ambassadorship, and they send you free cameras for the rest of your life
PF
The world in general can't seem to get enough cat photographs... 🙄
G
It is easy to hold, simple to understand, quick to use. You can grok everything about the camera in ten minutes or less, just like with an M6. You turn it on and commence taking pictures ... that's all.
So refreshing. G
Indeed it's my normal way of using my M240. Turn off the instant preview/replay, set one user profile and leave things set that way. Auto ISO within useful limits, a bit of underexposure compensation, limits on auto shutter vs focal length. No fiddling with compensation or ISO, just lock AE where you want it and recompose to shoot, no Live View or Video. I find this very easy, no temptation to use all the available features. But I realize many others find this challenges their determination and discipline. Worth a try?
Just turn everything on the M240 off and give the money you save to charity.
Ah, the old make someone feel bad for buying something you wouldn't trick. 😉
Hey, Mike, since when do camera purchases have to make good sense? To be inexplicably drawn this way or that has a sense all its own.
I'm no chimper and my LCDs are always off. But during a day of shooting, I enjoy flipping through my pictures over a coffee or lunch break to see what I've gotten. I know I'd miss that.
John
Yes, the end-of-day review is when I find the screen useful. I scroll through the "take" and make notes on the computer about subjects, locations, etc., trying to stay organized. Previously, with film, it would be from memory and then updated/corrected later from the negs. With an M-D, I could pull the card and review the day's photos from the computer, not a much different procedure....I'm no chimper and my LCDs are always off. But during a day of shooting, I enjoy flipping through my pictures over a coffee or lunch break to see what I've gotten. I know I'd miss that.
John