Leica M-P : The preview lever returns to the M.240

[Duane Pandorf]

Just use the same tape all of you already use to cover your Leica dots on the screw that's replaced the dot.

 

[Corran]

It covers the hole through which you adjust the RF patch alignment. It's underneath the big red dot on the non-P bodies.

Funny thing is I have never noticed the screw on the front of M3 and other non-red dot bodies. But the giant one on this is just disconcerting.

I have an M9 and M6 and have no problem with the red dot, and nor do I have tape over it. Frankly I don't know what the obsession is with removing or hiding the Leica logo. Big deal.

 

[Corran]

By the way, no one has mentioned the new thumb wheel. An interesting addition.

 

[rscheffler]

2gigs of Ram should actually be a real improvement. COnsidering how little that actually costs it should be in the camera already.

This is the only thing that seriously interests me about the M-P and is exactly what I thought - it should have been in the M to begin with.

 

[Vics]

How much more cash?

How much have you got?

 

[dcsang]

$7950 USD based on the "La Vida Leica" story..

Don't forget the current M(240) is going up in price too.. by $300.. that would be a 4.3% increase - which is well more than current Canadian inflation.. but who knows what inflation is like over where Leica lives 😀 😀 😀

Dave

 

[jsrockit]

How much have you got?

Exactly... how much can we get away with seems to be Leica's thinking. I can't blame them...

 

[dcsang]

Exactly... how much can we get away with seems to be Leica's thinking. I can't blame them...

Until someone else makes an m-mount digital rangefinder camera - they're the only game in town.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[aeturnum]

I'm quite surprised that Leica didn't come up with anything better than that big screw. It's ultimately a small detail, but from a company that sells a premium product and claims to care about the details. They couldn't use a black dot, or a small piece of metal, or simply a smaller screw?

 

[f16sunshine]

I'm quite surprised that Leica didn't come up with anything better than that big screw. It's ultimately a small detail, but from a company that sells a premium product and claims to care about the details. They couldn't use a black dot, or a small piece of metal, or simply a smaller screw?

How about just a hole with a self closing teflon plug on the back side.
You can find such hidden closures used for charging ports on many waterproof devices it's elegant, invisible, and inexpensive.
One would see a small indentation of black. If you push a tool into it it would slide in and then self close upon removal.
Where do these designers research ?

I imagine it is some sort of steampunk lab that Leica designers inhabit.
Trying to splice old televisions onto Bellows cameras to create prototypes 😛

 

[Samouraï]

I'm quite surprised that Leica didn't come up with anything better than that big screw. It's ultimately a small detail, but from a company that sells a premium product and claims to care about the details. They couldn't use a black dot, or a small piece of metal, or simply a smaller screw?

Is there a post or screw of somesort underneath the vanilla-240's red dot logo? If the screw serves some sort of structural function, I don't mind; looks kind of cool.

 

[DavidKKHansen]

By the way, no one has mentioned the new thumb wheel. An interesting addition.

What, that's it's black now?

 

[Duane Pandorf]

I'm actually interested in this update and what interests me is the added buffer with 3 frames per second. I've been shooting some nightclub musician performances in my little town and have hit my M-E's buffer limit a couple times. The wait can seem like forever.

The new M's video and Liveview would seldom ever get used. Plus I've heard the arguments of CCD versus CMOS but I have an X-Rite color checker and would create my own profiles just as I've done with my M-E.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

By the way, no one has mentioned the new thumb wheel. An interesting addition.

Huh? 😕

 

[Corran]

Oops, didn't realize that the M240 had that. Never really looked.

 

[judsonzhao]

See Monochrome and M9P, the screw is quite less noticeable
Big turn off for me, as I don't really want to step in and get one, haha
Why not just get a $5000-ish demo M240 on Ebay from authorized dealer and use the extra to get a 35/2A?

 

[Hsg]

This is the only thing that seriously interests me about the M-P and is exactly what I thought - it should have been in the M to begin with.

So if that internal RAM goes bad, which is a common thing, you'd have to send the camera back for repair... While every other sane camera maker leaves the RAM to the buyer...

 

[Corran]

While every other sane camera maker leaves the RAM to the buyer...

Huh? Are you talking about memory cards??

 

[Duane Pandorf]

So if that internal RAM goes bad, which is a common thing, you'd have to send the camera back for repair... While every other sane camera maker leaves the RAM to the buyer.......

Please explain what camera manufacturer lets the buyer choose their RAM? And also tell me about cameras that have internal memory problems? Huh?

 

[f16sunshine]

So if that internal RAM goes bad, which is a common thing, you'd have to send the camera back for repair... While every other sane camera maker leaves the RAM to the buyer...

Well not really no. The RAM is not user servicable in any camera I'm aware of. The Storage (SD or Flash card) is user changeable. The buffer is internal and integrated with the CPU.
The point is that 2G of buffer is modest by 2013-2014 standards in most ways of looking at it.
Leica should provide this as a baseline not part of an uprgraded offering to an already expensive camera.

Cheers!