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Leica M24o (M Type 240)

Leica M240 — Reader Comments

Assorted comment about six months before the M240 shipped.

This Q&Q are my questions, with answers from an attendee at Photokina.

The optional EVF (electronic viewfinder) does NOT offer an eye-detect or auto activate; it is a manual button press as with the Leica X2. Also, it appears to be a rebadged Olympus viewfinder.
The new 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH will ship to the USA in the early November timeframe.
When mounting an R lens, is there a risk of damaging the lens mount if a heavy lens like the 180/2.8 APO is mounted and the lens is not supported.
Not yet defined.
How is exposure controlled for video, given that the shutter speeds are only 1/2 stop? No one could answer this.
No firmware support for finer grained shutter speeds (e.g., 1/3 stop).
The GPS info does NOT contain directional information (compass). [Canon’s GPS unit contains such information, the Nikon unit does not].
Is there any built-in time-lapse mode?
No but it was considered by several at Leica to be a good feature. They took notes.
Is it possible to program (for example) 2 minute or 5 minute exposure?
Agreed that 60 second max was too short. Leica rep commented that the S2 had the same restriction for the first release. I think this will change but don't know when. Again, they took notes.
Is the new CMOS sensor in the M240 any better than the CCD sensor with regards to color correction off-center (ray angle)?
“Better color correction off angle”.
Is the compressed file option *lossless*?
No good answer today.
Is the battery compatible with the M9 battery?
It's a completely different battery.
Is the Live View 10X zoom a high quality zoom, full quality?
Screen is 960K. EVF is 1.4M. Looked better than the Fuji or Ricoh. I'll check again tomorrow. The 5x / 10x zoom is actuated with the front button and set with the new thumb wheel (upper right on back). It was a really clunky arrangement at least to me. I suggested that they have some macro programmable keys.
USB 2 or USB 3 connector to the handgrip socket?
USB 2.

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