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.

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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:

The red badge on the front is gone,
The Leica logo is on the top cover,
The LCD cover glass has been changed to sapphire glass,
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 name	M typ240	M10	M10-R	M11
Camera effective pixel count	2400m	2400m	4089m	6030m
Number of recording pixels	5,976 x 3,992	5,976 x 3,992	7,864 × 5,200	9,528 x 6,328
Image sensor	CMOS	←	←	←
Sensor Size	35mm Full size 35.8 x 23.9mm	←	←	←
Lowest sensitivity	200	100	←	64
Back LCD	3.0 92m dots	3.0 104m dots	←	2.95 233m dots
ファインダー倍率	0.68	0.73	←	←
EVF	EVF2	VISOFLEX VISOFLEX2*1	←	VISOFLEX2
Max shutter speed	1/4000	←	←	←
Battery	BP-SCL2 *2	BP-SCL5 *2	←	BP-SCL7 *2
Touch screen	None	←	Exist	←
Recorded media	SD,SDHC,SDXC	←	←	←
Release date	2013.3.20	2017.01.28	2020.7.24	2022.1.21
Size	142.0 x 88.5 ｘ 39.5	139×80×38.5	←	←
Weight(g)(with battery) Black model	680	660	←	530
Weight(g)(with battery) Silver model	↑	↑	←	640