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LEICA M-P typ240

Review and Photo example of the LEICA M / M-P typ240.

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  • The lens for this photo example was a Summicron M 35mm F2 6-elements.

Review

The Leica M-P typ240 is a minor change of the Leica M.

For a basic review, please refer to the Leica M typ240 page.

The Leica M typ240 and M-P typ240 have the following four differences:

  1. The red badge on the front is gone,
  2. The Leica logo is on the top cover,
  3. The LCD cover glass has been changed to sapphire glass,
  4. The camera’s buffer memory has been increased from 1GB to 2GB.

I personally like the Leica M typ240 series, and have used three cameras: the normal M typ240, the M-P Safari model, and the M-P Silver. The body is thick and the user reviews are not very good, and even in the used market it is on the cheap side among digital M-type Leicas, but I like the rigidity of the thick body and the shape that fits well in small hands.

When I took the photos, I was using a body case instead of the original, so I was handling a fairly thick camera that was not very light. In this state, the thickness of the camera is about the same as a small SLR, but it is still thin enough compared to the LEICA S typ007, which is at the very top of the heavier cameras.

I didn’t like the M10 because it felt too delicate, so I sold it quickly and went back to the M-P typ240 Silver.

When I bought the M10, I thought that I couldn’t keep up with the current high prices of digital cameras, and I couldn’t find any reason for the existence of rangefinders in digital cameras, so for these two reasons, the successors to the M-type Leica digital cameras M10-R and M11 have been released, but I’m not interested in them at the moment.

As of 2024, I don’t have an M-type digital camera, and the only M-type Leica camera I have is the film camera Hexar RF Limited. I feel that it’s good to use the M-type Leica at a pace of about 24 or 36 films.

Specification

Model nameM typ240M10M10-RM11
Camera effective pixel count2400m 2400m4089m6030m
Number of recording pixels5,976 x 3,9925,976 x 3,9927,864 × 5,2009,528 x 6,328
Image sensorCMOS←←←
Sensor Size35mm Full size
35.8 x 23.9mm		←←←
Lowest sensitivity200100←64
Back LCD3.0
92m dots		3.0
104m dots		←2.95
233m dots
ファインダー倍率0.680.73←←
EVFEVF2VISOFLEX
VISOFLEX2*1		←VISOFLEX2
Max shutter speed1/4000←←←
BatteryBP-SCL2 *2BP-SCL5 *2←BP-SCL7 *2
Touch screenNone←Exist←
Recorded mediaSD,SDHC,SDXC←←←
Release date2013.3.202017.01.282020.7.242022.1.21
Size142.0 x 88.5 ｘ 39.5139×80×38.5←←
Weight(g)(with battery)
Black model		680660←530
Weight(g)(with battery)
Silver model		↑↑←640
*1: Update to the latest firmware is required, and the display is limited to 2.4 million dots.
*2 Rakuten affiliate link

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  • LEICA M hand grip (replace bottom cover)
  • LEICA M multi-function hand grip (replace bottom cover)
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Update history

  • 2024.06.13
  • 2024.04.06

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