[Leica] Defunct M9

[Tina Manley]

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 it¹s the
> > worst case of sensor corrosion she¹s ever seen.
> >
> > So I¹m going to call Leica
> > USA this morning. Anyone know whether Leica¹s
> > 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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