M-E (typ240)

[airfrogusmc]

My Leica M-E 240 arrived today. Charging the battery now.... Will post photos of the camera and by the camera soon...

Question: what’s the workaround if you want to use LTM lenses on an M 240 with the usual adapter? Obviously, the LTM to M mount adapters are not coded...

CONGRATS on the new camera. It is a real beauty.

 

[Bingley]

CONGRATS on the new camera. It is a real beauty.

Thanks! It's quite a solid thing. Once I get a card reader and can upload photos, I'll post some pics.

 

[airfrogusmc]

Thanks! It's quite a solid thing. Once I get a card reader and can upload photos, I'll post some pics.

Yes please do. I am looking forward to see them.

 

[Huss]

B&H also sells at least two different L39 to M adapters that can be 6-bit coded.

I don't have a digital M, but I have a few of these Fotodiox Pro adapters. They work fine on my M5:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1238916-REG/fotodiox_l39_lm_50_75_p_leica_m39_lens_to.html

This Metabones adapter has the cutout for lenses with an infinity lock close to the mount:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...es_mb_l39_m_50_75_l39_mount_50_75mm_lens.html

Fotodiox Pro adapters are great - I find them as good as my much more expensive Leica or Voigtlander LTM adapters.
Metabones - at the least the one I had - is awful. It had sharp edges that I did not notice which scratched the mount on my M camera.

 

[Gadfly21]

 

[Gadfly21]

It takes pictures

 

[Bingley]

Yes it does... (JPEGs straight out of the camera, no PP other than straightening):


Sacramento by bingley0522, on Flickr

Cantina Alley by bingley0522, on Flickr

Mid-town by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

And a couple of bw...

L Street by bingley0522, on Flickr

L Street by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[bayernfan]

Yes it does... (JPEGs straight out of the camera, no PP other than straightening):

Mid-town by bingley0522, on Flickr

Great jpeg color.

 

[Bingley]

Leica M-E Type 240, Nikkor-HC 50mm f2.0 LTM:


Chevy by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[airfrogusmc]

Steve looks like you are getting on nicely with the M-E.

 

[Bingley]

Steve looks like you are getting on nicely with the M-E.

Thanks! I have never had a full-framed digicam, let alone a digital Leica, so I'm still at the beginning of the learning curve. Interestingly, the M-E seems to meter a little differently than some of my film cameras that have meters, and the aperture-priority setting is taking some getting used to. But I'm very pleased so far. Enjoying trying the camera out w/ some different vintage lens. Will post more pics in due course.

 

[Bingley]

Leica M-E Type 240, Minolta Rokkor-M 40mm f2.0 CLE:

Pescadero State Beach by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[Bingley]

A couple of black and white images, both taken on the M-E 240 with a Zeiss Opton Sonnar 50/2.0:

Rancho San Antonio by bingley0522, on Flickr

Farmhouse by bingley0522, on Flickr