[Leica] Get ready for the M Type 240 Nirvana

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

I'm very happy to participate in discussions on the new M. To the best of
my knowledge only Henning has one from the LUG thus far. Yep, mine is on
order. Nope, no-one is Australia has one yet that I know about. If the
Kiwis get them first you will also hear about it from me ;-) So will Leica
Camera Australia ;-)
 As it turns out, I already have known the new General Manager of Leica
Camera Australia (born 2 April 2013) and one of his staff for some time.
Very properly of course, they do not disclose commercially sensitive
information preferentially to customers.

For those LUG folks coming to Barcelona in September, I think that we can
be assured that thre will be interesting contents in the Leica stack to try.



*If you want to take more interesting pictures,
stand in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 16 April 2013 05:27, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:

> Mark, Geoff ordered his M as soon as it was announced but deliveries are
> only just starting in the southern hemisphere - I am sure you will hear
> when his has arrived ;-)
>
> john
>
>
> > > The ME M9 M price comparisons are interesting. An M will cost about
> > > the same as an M9 did, here at least and the ME is a significant
> > > saving for all of the performance of the M9. But put the cameras,
> > > figures, buyer wants and expectations side by side and it all changes.
> > >
> > > I still have my M9..... but just because I'm waiting on delivery of my
> > > M
> > > ;-) I view the new design as an M9 with some of its characteristics
> > > much improved (operating speed including lossless DNG compression in
> > > camera, very low light performance, wides performance (in theory) some
> > > incremental improvement (24MP and a number of ergonomic changes) and
> > > some options added that I may use (other focus modes) and some of no
> > relevance to me (video).
> > > The additional focus modes will be an absolute boon...or curse for
> > > measuring of the RF calibration and lens characteristics.
> > >
>