Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's true and it's also 12 bit instead of 14 bit like the MM, M240, and 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina > > > Manley > > http:// > > <http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2 > > > > > > B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manle > > > y.artistwebsites.com > > %2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=da06070e-5ddd-4213-8c50-df3684b > > > e3350> > > www.tinamanley.com > > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > > > ____________ > > > ___________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See > > > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > > Photographer > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// > < > http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=25dc66a8-51be-45dd-bcf5-4d86c144a4ed > > > www.tinamanley.com > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more informationN > ?zf?? ?r ???_??)jf? ???j??v+b?z > W????8^~?????y??????????m??????????i????? b??jz??? ???bq?????"? > ??i????X?z{ ??i????+)jf??ej{\?o?nr??rW??f????u?a?i > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=d4732dfd-8fb6-46f4-cf01-bbd0c7060764> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/