My M Diary

[ferider]

As mentioned in the other thread, I got my first digital camera for Christmas, an M240, and we are slowly getting to know each other. Here is a thread on my progress with the new medium 🙂

Some Christmas "Family" Photos:

(Baldr/10 weeks/25 pounds and Frya/12 months/100 pounds, Jpeg's straight from the camera)

Any tips you have for me, let me know.

To be continued ....

Roland.

 

[Godfrey]

Very nice! A fine start. 🙂

G

 

[raid]

Do not wet wipe the sensor if you seem to detect dust spots. Use a rocket air blower.
Else, just sit back and enjoy Leica Life ...

 

[f16sunshine]

Great looking pups! You have your hands full there 🙂

 

[ferider]

Thanks guys.

Do not wet wipe the sensor if you seem to detect dust spots. Use a rocket air blower.
Else, just sit back and enjoy Leica Life ...

For now, I switched movie mode and live view off, Raid, hoping to keep the sensor clean, and decided not to worry about dust ... We'll see how it goes.

Roland.

 

[Godfrey]

Do not wet wipe the sensor if you seem to detect dust spots. Use a rocket air blower. ...

Not that I wet wipe the sensor very often, but the issue you're referring to affects the CCD models, not the M240.

G

 

[noimmunity]

Congratulations, Roland!

I couldn't think of anybody more deserving for such a special camera!

Look forward to seeing the images you use it to produce.

Best wishes,
Jon

 

[ferider]

Thank you very much, Jon.

This is the first camera that I'm hesitant to use due to value. Then again, the wife would be upset if I didn't. She might just have found an expensive way to cure my GAS .... 🙂

A picture says more than thousand words ....

 

[f16sunshine]

You should not resist getting an adapter for your OM Zuikos.
The live view will be very handy there 🙂

 

[shadowfox]

Et tu, Roland?

Just kidding 😀

 

[Bill Clark]

Nice photos!

I like the leather case for your camera.

Have fun with your new Leica.

 

[Pioneer]

That is a beautiful camera Roland. You are right, that Summicron looks like it belongs there.

Just enjoy it. It is pretty for sure but all Leicas are built for shooting.

 

[ferider]

You should not resist getting an adapter for your OM Zuikos.
The live view will be very handy there 🙂

Andy, don't need no live view for Zuikos, I still have one of these focusing OM adapters, that Stephen sold years ago ....

Christmas Dinner:

(OM Zuiko 50/1.2)

Roland.

 

[helen.HH]

Beautiful Camera/rig , Beautiful Pooches
Life is Good... Enjoy !!

 

[f16sunshine]

Andy, don't need no live view for Zuikos, I still have one of these focusing OM adapters, that Stephen sold years ago ....

Christmas Dinner:

(OM Zuiko 50/1.2)

Roland.

Fascinating!
I'm not aware of a focusing adapter.
Scale focusing yes. But isn't live view better?
Roland was there a rf coupling adapter for OM?

 

[Richard G]

It seems you are approaching photography with that beautiful new rig like some nervous child approaching that dog. It does take a little while to relax into these new cameras. I like your approach with switching off live view. I have a nice silver M9-P with no half case which I've used almost daily and it hasnt a mark on it. Those wines look nice.

 

[Keith]

Congratulations Roland ... that's an impressive jump into the digital world.

I initially felt a little uncomfortable with my 240 because of it's cost and to be honest it's still a bit of a problem for me ... hopefully that will pass!

I'm also intrigued about focusing a Zuiko 50mm f1.2 without live view or an EVF? The Zuiko that spends the most time on my 240 is the late model 35mm f2 I bought here a while ago ... you become aware of just how good that lens is when you put it on a fullframe digital body.

 

[robert blu]

Congrats for this beautiful camera. It will be interesting to see how you two are going to stay, to work together. For sure many special photos will come...I'm waiting...
robert

 

[daveleo]

Roland,
That setup does look almost "too good to use", but get out there, have fun, and *shoot*.

 

[ferider]

Thanks for the encouragement, all. This is, after all, a 1st world problem ...

Andy, Keith, years ago the head bartender sold these M adapters in various mounts. My OM adapter has a focus helix and its own RF cam. You pre-focus the adapter, say, to 3 ft, then you focus the lens to 3 ft via focus scale, then you move your body to get the RF in alignment (I do this for fast lenses anyways, so it's not much of a hindrance). Looks like this (forgive the poor iPhone photo):

BTW, I find most lenses to have a very accurate focus scale ...

I'm not comfortable with the M's live view (yet?) because I'm a little far sighted, can hardly see the focus peaking lines, and after center / enlarged focusing, I tend to loose focus when recomposing.

Roland.