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Posted by Johnnie Behiri on March 19, 2013 • 

Leica M type 240- video review.
(Non of the written here is relevant to the photo section of this camera)

"Deep into the 4th year of the HDSLR revolution Leica released the M 240, their full frame camera costing $6950.

Spending a day with the camera left me wondering, was Leica ever talking to any professional cameraman before implementing HD recording for this unit or just decided to “join a trend” without really meaning this camera to be a capable working video tool?.

In my opinion the video quality coming out of the camera is very disappointing and its operation in video mode is not easy/logical. I hope features/video quality can be enhance with a firmware update.

Let me start gentle and highlight the
M camera’s strengths:"

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Read more on cinema5d.com

A new page, perhaps a new chapter in black and white photography. In some months I will have to reconsider how to deal with all the M models. But for now, the Leica M Monochrom share so many features with the Leica M9 and Leica M9-P (metering, body design, menus, etc) that this will start out as part of this Leica M9 article

"In addition to the new Zeiss cinema lenses, the December issue of Film and Digital Times revealed also three new prime Leica cinema lenses: Summilux-C 16, 29, and 65mm. This will expand the existing set of Leica cinema lenses to eleven different focal lengths: 16, 18, 21, 25, 29, 35, 40, 50, 65, 75 and 100 mm. The new lenses will be officially announced at NAB 2012."

Crazy Comparison - Sony NEX-5n and Leica M9 Image Quality! Ok everyone, here it is!

At the May 12th WestLicht Photographica auction in Vienna, a new record was set for the most expensive camera in the world - this Leica 0-Serie camera with serial number 116 sold for 2,160,000 EUR (around 2,790,000 USD).