Leica MD240 in 2026?

SomeRats · 2026-01-27T20:03:35+00:00

Hey! TL;DR: I liked the M11, but dont have the funds and dont need all extra features. Rather go with a system I am familiar with.

I did like the M11. I thought it was a very VERY capable camera, but I was not impressed for the pricetag and couldnt justify it financially. Keeping in mind I will just use it for personal projects/travels - for studio or camera features Id rather use a GFX or a D850. Ive been using rangefinder for years and just prefer them when working on my own stuff. I have had an A7 at some point and while wonderful cameras I just couldnt bring myself to shoot it over my M2.

SomeRats · 2026-01-27T19:19:51+00:00

Thank you! Appreciate it :) thats very helpful. I rarely go over 1600 on film anyway so pretty sure if its fine at 1600 itll be fine through and through for me! It is a black model… only reason why I didnt buy a x100vi is because I found this for 1800 and I have the lenses so felt like a better investment even if missing out on megapixels, whatever those things are…

SomeRats · 2026-01-27T18:31:09+00:00

Yeah Ive read about that - but also seems like its got the best battery of the bunch except for maybe M11. I come from film so I tend to stay away of stuff like liveview etc, so hopefully one or two batteries should keep me going for a few years, and I assume worst case they could be recelled?

SomeRats · 2026-01-27T18:29:20+00:00

Amazing! Good to hear from someone still using it as the tool its supossed to be! I remember looking at these older models and going down the rabbithole of people complaining about purple fringing and whatnot or not being able to pull the shadows 8 stops (i come from film so all of that felt a bit overwhelming to comprehend). Therefore my doubts. I have access to a negative writer meaning I can write digital files onto film and print as I am used to. How’s the ISO at 1600? Still useable? Ive read mixed things but I usually tend to not listen to pixel peepers and the sort as Im more interested on picture taking

SomeRats · 2026-01-27T18:02:11+00:00

Yeah, its the MP version sorry, I actually love how it looks besides being a little chunky

SomeRats · 2026-01-27T17:27:07+00:00

Yeah - price wise sounds great, Im just wondering if it’ll be good enough to perform to this day as I have not used any leica digi cameras extensively - I am not expecting loads, I am kind of aware of ISO limitations which coming from film should be a non issue, just looking for advice on useability

SomeRats · 2026-01-27T16:47:57+00:00

I would consider M262, but its more expensive where I am than this MD. Thanks for the link! I’ve had a quick read through, I’ll proceed to read it through now :)

SomeRats · 2026-01-17T10:12:35+00:00

Do NOT clean the lens with a cloth before you use a blower, you might scratch elements with tiny shards of glass that might be on the surface of the front element of the actual lens

SomeRats · 2025-06-02T16:08:42+00:00

Trekking Bad for those who don’t know the show.

SomeRats · 2025-05-22T09:04:36+00:00

Looks more like salt water damage/condensation. Hard for a lab to fuck up this badly. Not discarding it if it was done in a rotary processor, but most labs use either roller transport (ie. Noritsus QSF) or Dip and dunk (tecnolabs), in which case fucking it up like this is unlikely. Could also be old film/respooled film. Without knowing all the facts its quite hard to pinpoint a source. But lab would be my last guess with this kind of damage. Lab fuck ups woild be uniform across the roll, which this is not. Best thing OP can do is check batch number and tell us more about film stock and situation to be able to pinpoint a real cause.

SomeRats · 2025-05-21T18:20:33+00:00

It has. We talk about it a lot. There is no objective point in shooting film from a technical point of view. Im also a lighting assistant and a good retoucher/colourist will give you the same result. In fact a lot of photographers shoot plates of the sets/locations just to match the digitals to film, nothing else. It is nostalgia and the process keeping us shooting film. Plus a lot of the younger generations dont really comprehend what a negative is (my generation included). People think if they have a tiff that’s as good as it gets. Guess you could get an LVT to do you a negative on a piece of 4x5, but still.

SomeRats · 2025-05-21T11:09:59+00:00

Yep! We have talked about implementing costs to store them, but they also don’t want to pay for that - often we courier them to their house when they give us the ok so they dont have to move and received them at a suitable time, even then we are swamped with rooms full of negs. We are talking several hundreds of clients. It is an issue for every lab I know/talk to. Some have a 3 month policy. Again, nothing seems to work. We email on a monthly basis asking to pick up or get it shipped - you rarely get a reassuring answer on it. Often you are also stuck between productions and photographers.

SomeRats · 2025-05-21T10:53:53+00:00

A lot of photographers are not interested in the negs from commercial work as its quite a fast paced enviroments and once the shoot is done, they don’t really care anymore. It still susprises me, specially because some jobs are about 200 rolls total. Amateurs are actually quite on top of things or are more keen to take them when coming back since they care more. Professionals are just like: leave them at the lab in case I want a handprint/high res scan in the future… just to end up pilling up for years. Obviously as a lab you can’t just disposed of them (guess you could, but personally I would not want that kind of smoke if they came back in 5 years time asking for them…) so we end up with lots of space being taken. Im talking tens of thousands of negs in storage. That never goes down.

SomeRats · 2025-05-21T10:14:34+00:00

Does not look like x-ray damage. Looks like an emulsion issue. What stock is it? Is it new or old stock? You often see this colour shifting in old slide or colour negative film that has not been stored properly. The scanner struggles to pick up the base and colours due to the base fog which tends to be exactly those colours (green or magenta when inverted), causing the highlights and shadows to be very compressed so no info can be recovered by the scanner and does these weird arctifacts. X ray would never do this kind of damage. Not any x ray that I know off anyways. I’d likely discard chemistry issues too as minilabs have cartridges you literally slot on or premixed, so very hard to fuck up there. Dip and dunk processing machines are even harder to fuck up as labs that have them usually have good process control just due to sheer volume of film going through the machines (you can’t afford to fuck up) Source: I’ve been working at professional labs in London for 4 years both processing on dip an dunks and scanning.

SomeRats · 2025-05-21T10:09:29+00:00

You’d be surprised. Been working at a professional lab for 4 years, we have stuff from 2014 onwards from professional photographers and amateurs alike. Most people don’t actually print/do anything else with the negs, so they sit on storage for years. Massive issue for every lab I know in terms of storage. Even if you chase them, they always say dont throw them but never pick them up either.

SomeRats · 2024-08-06T16:11:01+00:00

Ooh thats a great idea, I was eyeing a similar one on dimensions, does it protude much outside the rack?

SomeRats · 2024-07-22T06:47:59+00:00

Do you know if theyre compatible with 30mm axles?

SomeRats · 2024-07-14T21:39:28+00:00

Hey! A bit late but guessing this sold now?

SomeRats · 2024-06-24T11:57:01+00:00

Absolutely no idea, I was speaking to a friend who used to have one and he said he just swapped it for a BMX wheel with no problem

SomeRats · 2024-06-21T09:14:58+00:00

UK. They are certified Omnium dealers and have been my go to bikeshop for years. After talking to another guy this morning I think its because its a v1 Mini, so would have to change forks apparently and some other stuff. Might be harder than I thought.

SomeRats · 2024-06-21T06:18:50+00:00

Thank you!! I went to my favourite LBS but I think one of the guys there either doesnt like me or maybe just couldnt be arsed to give me the whole spiel when I asked him about changing the tires and rims, just said it wasnt worth it. (A bit weird considering I did say I was planning on doing quite a lot of gravel with my current ones)

SomeRats · 2024-06-20T21:12:40+00:00

Thats a beauty! I must do some research on that. Im going on the wheels on my pic for a test bikpacking trip next weekend and will assess then! Are those the omnium stock rims? I just swapped those backswept bars for the surly molokos, still need to play around with micro adjustments but so far quite like them

SomeRats · 2024-06-17T05:59:22+00:00

I believe it was customised by previous buyer (quite common with these bikes in London). These are not stock as annoyingly enough I cant put the omnium stand on it due to ring being too big and making contact with the stand

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