[Leica] M240

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

It seems I rounded it off in the decimal system mode.
 I'm also rather fond of twelve's though.
As there are 24 mp's I'd like to call it the M24.
But the point when you call stuff things is that people have a clue what
you're referring to. And a few might not if I did that in that case. Though
most it think would.
I have to say calling a camera based on its obscure factory project number
which someone dug up and it goes viral doesn't really rub me the best way.


On 5/15/13 4:52 PM, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Wha? What's a M250? An old merc or a newer Leica? The current model is the
> M240. You seem to be ahead of yourself, Mark. But, then again, without
> punctuation, you have to be.....
> 
> Douglas
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M240
> 
> 
> One more camera enthusiast also enthusiastic about blogging software.
> First sentence really put me off and I've not yet gone on from there:
> 
> " While the other traditional camera maker Hasselblad infuriates its last
> loyal customers with a luxurized NEX-7 hardly anyone understands, Leica
> seems to feel the pulse of what the market wants. After the highly
> successful M9, world?s smallest compact full-frame rangefinder camera,   "
> 
> 
> Are the loyal Hasselblad customers infuriated by the Hasselblad Lunar 
> camera
> which appears to be a luxerized Sony NEX-7 obviously targeted at rich
> dilettantes?
> No I don't think they could care or pay much attention to something that 
> has
> nothing to do with them and are too busy making photographs to become
> obsessed with niche market ploys.
> This to me is not getting his blog off to the right foot.
> 
> I include his second sentence in that paragraph:
> "After the highly successful M9, world?s smallest compact full-frame
> rangefinder camera..."
> 
> Highly successful?
> Not to split hairs but I'd call it successful but skip the adjective.
> The M250 NEEDS to be and I think WILL BE highly successful because the M9
> was not. The M9  was not a failure it was a successes because sold lenses
> and kept the company in the black.
> In bright light it took great commercial pictures. Problem is Leica is more
> of a location street or photojournalist camera than a tripod bright light
> camera it would make more sense for the DSLR'S to not have low light
> performance let them shoot the catalogs its a Leica M which needs to shoot
> handheld indoors and at night.
> As far as the "Highly successful" M9 went Pro's and serious amateurs stayed
> home in droves. As nice as the Leica focusing system is and Leica glass is 
> a
> working photographer cant make that kind of an investment on a camera body
> which is not going to come close to doing what his and all the other
> photographers he is competing against with DSLR'S can do. But a M250 CAN do
> this and in the coming year we'll be reading articles about serious 
> projects
> and serious shoots done with the camera by those people. This was not the
> case in recent years with the M9. As with very few exceptions is was a
> camera for rich people not top people hitting deadlines.
> As this should be a moot point by now as Leica has moved on from the M9 to
> the M250 it won't be for many people on the camera lists who expect their
> first out seven grand investment to outlive all technology and common 
> sense.
> I sympathies for those who cant afford yet another grand on Leica digital
> camera technology. The pictures you've taken and will in the future take
> with your M9 will remain viable. The prints will not fall off the wall in
> shame and the images will not fade overnight.
> Its just now when you see a group of photographers shooting something with
> the conspicuous white lenses and the rest black DSLR'S now you'll also see
> maybe one or two with a glint of Leica M in their hands. Like in the 1990s
> you saw M6's.  And it wont be an old body in their hands whose iso' s  end
> where the DSLRs start.
> Im excited about the progress Leica is making. Frankly it sat on the M9 way
> too long but now that the M250 is out Leica is in the drivers seat. And the
> S system doesn't hurt either.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/15/13 1:54 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> 
>> LUG:
>> 
>> The same internet magazine with the article about B.D. has a long article
>> about the M240, including most of the reviews published so far:
>> 
>> http://the.me/the-leica-m-typ-240-file/
>> 
>> Tina
> 
> 
> 




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