Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/11
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M9.
Tina
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:33 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> I think the M(246) can have lossless compressed DNG unlike the original
> Monochrom, that is the difference. Then again, I do not shoot enough shots
> to fill a card up in a day ;-)
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
> No, the M240 is the color version of the M246. It is not the old
> technology but the newest, but I already have it. The difference of two
> stops might be irrelevant since the size of the files from the M246 are
> half the size of the files from the MM. I was interested in the M246
> because it takes the same battery as the M240 and I would only have to
> carry one charger for traveling with both of them. I'll have to experiment
> some more with the M246 and the MM to see if it would be worth carrying two
> different battery chargers and lots of different batteries to get the
> larger, more unique (?) files from the MM.
>
> Tina
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> wrote:
>
> > David Farkas in his amazing bloglike info packed review says the
> difference
> > between the M9 based mm240 and the current cutting edge CMOS 246 is two
> > stops.
> > Iso 2000 in the 240 looks like the iso 8000 in the 246 he says. And I
> > think
> > from all else I read this represents a conservative view.
> > This is the difference between tri x and plus x. or tri x and Neopan
> 1600.
> > Two stops to me is day and night.
> > The thought they almost gave you an old 240 is mind boggling.
> > The difference between a viable street shooting camera and one harking
> back
> > in functionality many decades.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.reddotforum.com/content/2015/04/leica-m-monochrom-typ-246-review/
> >
> >
> > On 2/11/16 8:52 AM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I just got my new Monochrom yesterday as an upgrade because my M9
> > > was
> > determined to have sensor corrosion. I told the repair person that
> > > I
> > already had the M240 and asked if I could get the M246 instead. She
> > > said,
> > "Just don't tell Germany!"
> >
> > So don't tell Germany!
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Thu, Feb
> > > 11, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:
> >
> > > And I just had
> > > my M9 assessed by someone who knows what to look for. She
> > > says it?s the
> > > worst case of sensor corrosion she?s ever seen.
> > >
> > > So I?m going to call Leica
> > > USA this morning. Anyone know whether Leica?s
> > > trade-up offer for affected
> > > cameras includes the MM? Does the camera have
> > > to go to Solms?
> > >
> > >
> > > ?howard
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Feb 11, 2016, at 7:51 AM, Gerry Walden
> > > <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Sadly my M9 suddenly gave up the
> > > ghost today after only 6 months in my
> > > hands. The shutter will not fire,
> > > simple as that. Yes I have checked the
> > > battery, lenses and card. Fortunately
> > > it has a one year guarantee and is
> > > being picked up tomorrow.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Disappointed,
> > > >
> > > > Gerry
> > > >
> > > > Gerry Walden LRPS
> > > > www.gwpics.com
> > > >
> > > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> > > > +44 (0)797 287 7932
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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