Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]First they try to convince us we don't need no stinking frame selector, that it is a distraction. Then they add it back on. The implication is that only Professionals are capable of using a frame selector... amateurs are too stupid. Sapphire glass addition should have been included.... from the first M (240). But applause is earned. I thought Apple was a bit bad for charging an incremental extra $100 per 16GB of internal storage in their iPads. Leica now wins the cake... $1000 for an extra 1GB. You need to know that this is, in most likelihood, a one chip change. Maybe it is an extra chip, maybe it is just a larger capacity chip. Less is More. Except when More is really a LOT More. I do like the fact that for this model, they have at least stopped using the M (Type 240+) designator.... Now in 5 years you order a used M-P and you could get a really rare M2 with Mods, a standard film camera, or a digital M. This is what happens when the marketing department has the IQ slightly below a... never mind, rant over. Please God, when I am reincarnated, let me come back as the Marketing Director of Leica M cameras. Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net Leica M-P: Mtype 240 with additional 2GB buffer, frame line selector, Saphire LCD, and cosmetic changes. Leica 240 price increased to 7,250 as of 9/1. Bob Adler