M240: Current Price vs Reliability

M240: Current Price vs Reliability

  • A safe bet. Buy it!

    Votes: 74 60.7%

  • It's about the same as any other digital camera.

    Votes: 30 24.6%

  • A money pit. Do not buy!

    Votes: 18 14.8%
  • Total voters
    122
The reasons I use a digital Leica are: legacy lenses and the view/rangefinder. I have no experience with the SL but have owned both the M9 and MP240. I don't have any desire to move to an M10 or other new camera system like the SL. To me the best thing about digital Leicas is that they really are not much different than the film models. But I have to say the FujiX100F is giving my MP240 a run for the money: smaller, cheaper, more technologically advanced etc.
 
Huss said:
Just like any other black paint Leica.
Looking at this one it looks like it has been intentionally brassed to me to make it look more "legit". Kinda like the Lenny Kravitz Correspondent edition, but for $30K less.
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I'm confused. Is my M4-2 black painted or it is something else?
It didn't brass even if I use it for five years now and many days in each and every year.
Or it is only digital black M?
Two sharp corners on the top plate of my M-E are shining little brass now.
 
Ko.Fe. said:
I'm confused. Is my M4-2 black painted or it is something else?
It didn't brass even if I use it for five years now and many days in each and every year.
Or it is only digital black M?
Two sharp corners on the top plate of my M-E are shining little brass now.
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Your M4-2 would be like my M4-2 which is black chrome. It is much tougher than black paint.
Leica deliberately made the black paint cameras so they would wear/brass easily as some like that. I like the tough finish of the black chrome. Which is also on the M5, M7 and M-A.
I also like that the black chrome is not shiny.
 
I can assure you the black chrome on the M10 is not as tough as the classic film Ms. My used M10 has more wear than my late 70s M5... Personally I don’t care about finish wear but it’s something to keep in mind.
 
LCSmith said:
You must simply choose a tool and master it. The tool does not matter so much as your mastery. But buying new things is easier than mastery.
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Some people do not care about mastery, they care about enjoyment... there is nothing wrong with that. We don't all do things for the same reasons.
 
jsrockit said:
Some people do not care about mastery, they care about enjoyment... there is nothing wrong with that. We don't all do things for the same reasons.
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That is a very pertinent point when reading opinions on gear .
Never make assumptions that just because somebody favours this or that because of this or that , you will too .
 
M typ 240 bodies have proven to be very reliable and durable, so far. The number of incidents of failure are few and far between. Whether one is a good deal for you or not depends on what you're willing to spend and how you value their use.

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I have a junior varsity M240... an M-E 240... made from leftover M240 parts... but it’s a nice camera. I like mine. Still learning its ways. Fun.
 
Still chugging away with my M9. Raid, can you summarize what you like about the M10? At the current prices, I will use my M9 until I have used it up. And then see what the current offering is. But I am always interested in the user experience!
 
Ted Striker said:
Taking FF lenses from Leica and putting them on a crop camera radically changes their presentation. I would never, ever do that. I'd but the much cheaper APS-C lenses. Using Leica lenses on a Fuji camera just wastes their amazing corner performances.
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I have a lot of Leica and Leica off brand lenses. Bought a Fuji X-Pro 2. Use Fuji lenses on the Fuji and Leica lenses on the Leica body.
Once I got over the outrage of paying for a sensor replacement I just can't find any fault with the M9. Bought new eons ago and still my main digital RF body.
 
Beemermark said:
I have a lot of Leica and Leica off brand lenses. Bought a Fuji X-Pro 2. Use Fuji lenses on the Fuji and Leica lenses on the Leica body.
Once I got over the outrage of paying for a sensor replacement I just can't find any fault with the M9. Bought new eons ago and still my main digital RF body.
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I'm with you Mark -- the files out of my M9 are just great. The ability to adapt other brand lenses on an M10 is appealing, to be sure. But even using M lenses on my Fuji XPro-1 hasn't cured me of the urge to mix-n-match. Actually, it is funny -- my Fuji is currently sporting a 35.2 Biogon in a helical adapter for optional close focus. Smart? No, but I am having fun.
 
Benjamin Marks said:
Still chugging away with my M9. Raid, can you summarize what you like about the M10? At the current prices, I will use my M9 until I have used it up. And then see what the current offering is. But I am always interested in the user experience!
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Hi Benjamin.

The M10 has a better battery than what the M9 uses.
I don’t see any dust on the M10 sensor.
I can take photos back to back very quickly.
It is a slimmer camera than the M240. The M9 is not wide.
The images have good colors but not as nice as those from the M9.
I am keeping the M9 with the M10.
I still have my M8 too.

The M10 overexposes bright scenes with auto setting. This is not the case in the M9. A high ISO can be used in the M10, but this is not important to me. I prefer using ISO160~200.
 
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