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Subject: [Leica] Defunct M9
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:37:14 -0500

Was not making myself clear yes I'm aware the 246 is the newest and
preferable.
I think being able to shoot current Leica monochrome and full color Ms is a
big thing; a must. And even if the batteries did not match up a very good
thing. I bet a third party battery charger could be set up to charge booth.
But how bulky and heavy really is a Leica battery charger?
I'm looking at a picture of the
Leica BC-SCL2 Battery Charger for BP-SCL2 Li-Ion Battery
Right now and it looks pretty small and light to me.
And cost a hundred bucks.


On 2/11/16 2:29 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> 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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