Thank you for the kind words. Yes it’s so nice to have another, I’m going to keep this one very safe😉

You forgot the difference between the prices

@@jeannesmicrofilm6561 Haha. Yep.

Curious why you say the M240 is faster handling than the M10 or M11? Not that I doubt you just curious. I own none of the cameras you mention, nor do I have any hands on experience with any of them, mine is an M Type 262.

@@d30gaijin If you want to go from single shot to continue on the M10 and M11, you need to go into the menu. On the M240, you just push the on/off selector to the next position, and you're ready. Battery life is longer than on the M 10. On the M240 you've five keys for setting etc. On the M10 and M11, you've to fiddle into the menu to find the same settings.

@@paulsehstedt6275 true. The M240 is simpler to use

Thank you👍🏼

you'll get it one day, benefit of being a hobbyist is we can stay a generation or two behind and only upgrade when used prices become sane or we have saved up for the latest and greatest, can just enjoy shooting in the meantime

I had m10 for 5 months when it came out while I kept my m240 which I had since 2012, I ended up selling m10 and with the money got some more glass. my decision was to use m240 until it stops then upgrade to m11 problem is that m240 is not giving up 😅

@@TheBumblebee84 I wanted a backup camera to my black M240 so I bought a silver M240 today... 1 M240 is sexy, but 2 is a porn show...

Buy one that has been cared for, these cameras are built like tanks and don’t suffer with sensor corrosion like the M9 did so you should be fine, yes you may need the odd viewfinder calibration if knocked but that’s it.

@@nathan_woodgate hello Nathan. Much has changed since a year ago when I asked you this. I bought a black M-A and a black MP; both purchased new. I embarked on B&W film and good results spurred me on to continue till now. Many of my images have won some awards etc. My home development is comparable to most international film labs and even better than some of them. I now look forward to purchasing the M11 monochrom. I use a GRiii and GRiiix for colour which is about < 5% of photography I do.

So what do you think of the usability of the m240 in the night time? Say indoor dinner or home environment?

@@turn-me-later compared to more modern sensors, it definitely has its limitations. The biggest issue isn’t the noise, but the horizontal and vertical banding, which appears most of the time at 6400 or when recovering too much of the shadows. That being said, you can fix banding to a large extent with Nik Dfine. I was fine with using ISO6400 for family photos, like dinner with dim lighting or at home indoors, as long as you know you can’t blow up the photos to commercial quality. The colours may be a bit weirder and need correcting, and it won’t be as sharp, but it’s fine if you’re not pixel peeping family photos. I used the M240 for many years, using Summicrons only, and never really felt like I couldn’t take it out to dinner because of its low light limitations.

@@vickey59 Oh very detail! thx Vic !!!

@@vickey59 So do you think 3200 is a good goal as a max iso to avoid these issues or lower like 800 or 1600?

@@ezrashanti it depends on why you’re using ISO 3200 and what the scene looks like. I shot a lot of wildlife in Galápagos Islands using adapted R lenses, and since there is no stabilisation, I had to increase the shutter speed and use ISO 3200. Most photos were taken before sunset with decent light and they all turned out fine and sharp, without banding. But if you are using ISO 3200 at night in high contrast scenes (light source in center or on a subject, with lots of dark shadows around it), the banding can be quite visible in the shadows. The banding becomes worse if you try to recover the shadows. If it’s just dim and not high contrast with lots of dark shadows, I think ISO 3200 is still very usable.

it's called banding and occurs in higher ISO's.

With the 28mm lens I was zone focusing so f11 helps with getting everything in focus. With the Leica lens I was manually focusing so the f4 aperture means I can use a higher shutter speed with a low ISO.

Not much I just have a little preset that changes the colours to my style then a quick play with the shadows and highlights and I’m done. SOOC the images are lovely and vibrant

I have an M4 and love shooting film but like the instant results from digital. Would love an M6 TTL😉

yeah, that lens on a leica just feels odd.

Hmm I have some TT artisan glass on my 240 and I really like it. I have the 90 1.25 and its a surprisingly good lens. Usable at 1.25 and really good at 1.8 or above. I also have the 21 and it is also very nice. That being said the elmarit 28 and stays on it the most.

It displays the 28mm frame lines as expected👌🏼

@@nathan_woodgate Oh thx !

At the moment I have been to get the most DOF. I don’t think there will be much difference

@@nathan_woodgate thanks was just curious… just got the 28 ttartisan but yet to try it properly

You won’t be disappointed 👌🏼

No they would have been edited in Lightroom as I shoot everything in RAW

Probably because I have a f5.6 lens that is stopped down to about f11? Easy explanation

@@nathan_woodgate Many of your shots are like 1/250 or 1/500 with no people or object moving. There is no reason (Parkinson disease maybe and i'm sorry) to shoot that shutter speed imo.