Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, it?s a great camera despite quite a few features I?ll never use. In so many ways, it beats the late lamented M9. Having figured it out, I can switch ISO and/or exposure compensation just as quickly as on the M9, even though the process is different. One thing I really appreciate is the improvement in battery condition display. My M9 ran out of juice when the display said that it still had more than 1/3 of its energy left. The M was still going strong, though issuing repeated warnings when the battery dropped below 20%, and was still working fine at 15%, at which point I quit. So, for the M9, a spare battery was a necessity. I don?t think I?ll need one with this camera. Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. > On Jul 14, 2015, at 6:27 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > wrote: > > I asked a bunch of people, they all said it was easy, apparantly they > hadn?t read the manual. > > > > s > > > > > >> On Jul 14, 2015, at 6:23 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >> >> I pretty much figured it out by spending most of a day and half of the >> battery charge playing with the menus. >> >> Herbert Kanner >> kanner at acm.org >> 650-326-8204 >> >> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >> >> >> >> >>> On Jul 14, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 14, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> My M (240) arrived Friday. Of course, unpacking a new arrival from >>>> Leica is a great adventure. It will be hard for me to discard all those >>>> lovely box compartments. >>>> >>>> Unlike the excellent manual that came with the M9, I think this manual >>>> is an atrocity. I speak as a former professional. In my second year (of >>>> ten) at Apple, I decided to write a manual for a piece of >>>> internally-developed software with a totally incompetent one-page >>>> description. Because I had to use the software, I had to figure out how >>>> it worked by trial and error. >>>> >>>> Those were the days when managers could be imaginative. My reward for >>>> this manual was three bottles of wine a month for a year. And, I was >>>> appointed editor of the release notes of this department?s >>>> product?three releases a year. The notes grew to some 350 pages. >>>> >>>> So I speak from experience when I call the M manual an atrocity. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> totally agree? >>> >>> so much so that I got rid of the camera. >>> >>> >>> And I rarely read a manual, but in this case the more you need it, the >>> worse it is. >>> >>> >>> s >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> The biggest fault is a failure to explain clearly the two function of >>>> the ?Set? button: a) to establish a choice among alternatives, and b) >>>> to provide a supplementary menu of stuff that one wants to access >>>> quickly, such as ISO or Exposure Compensation. >>>> >>>> Other than that, It is a most lovely camera, a clear improvement over >>>> the M9, and I?m delighted with it. >>>> >>>> Herb >>>> >>>> Herbert Kanner >>>> kanner at acm.org >>>> 650-326-8204 >>>> >>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >