My favorite digital M. Owned 4 regular and 3 8.2 versions. All developed banding and horizontal dead pixel lines. And the batteries last around 35minutes of consistent shooting. All I have left are IR Cut filters for all leica lens sizes. I love this camera...but the sensors are past their prime now. The M8 CCD is amazing in monochrom...but the M240 should be the only old M anyone should consider if you want a "cheap" digital M. Cheers!
Thank you, great contribution from your side 🙂 I just hope this one will last a bit, but surely all valid points. So you say, that it doesn't matter if the camera had no periods of not being used? It doesn't influence of sensor will develop issues? About the monochrome, people say that. Can you describe what is your process and how you get best bnw results? Thanks 🙂👍
@ Time and amount of accuations certainly takes a toll. I shoot a lot of street photography daily, so your experience might be different. For monochrom, if I remember correctly, the jpeg in camera processing is where I saw the most magic with minor post processing. I even was selected for LFI Master Shot with my monochrom photos. The 1.33 crop added sharpness and character from every lens I put on it. There is great microcontrast and the jpegs have incredible tonal range. But....Use Raw and IR Cut filters for color. Cheers!
Some important additional info. Those dead pixels appear mostly in cameras which are not used for longer time, so be aware. Camera may look like new, but still have the issue. It costs about 200 EUR to fix it with Leica. Shutter replacement is a bigger one, found information that still can be done, but costs about 800 EUR and you get one from M9. All that gathered from internet, so subject to verification. Good luck and all the best!
Just bought an M8.2 waiting for it to arrive. Thanks for the info!
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My favorite digital M. Owned 4 regular and 3 8.2 versions. All developed banding and horizontal dead pixel lines. And the batteries last around 35minutes of consistent shooting. All I have left are IR Cut filters for all leica lens sizes. I love this camera...but the sensors are past their prime now. The M8 CCD is amazing in monochrom...but the M240 should be the only old M anyone should consider if you want a "cheap" digital M. Cheers!
Thank you, great contribution from your side 🙂 I just hope this one will last a bit, but surely all valid points. So you say, that it doesn't matter if the camera had no periods of not being used? It doesn't influence of sensor will develop issues? About the monochrome, people say that. Can you describe what is your process and how you get best bnw results? Thanks 🙂👍
@ Time and amount of accuations certainly takes a toll. I shoot a lot of street photography daily, so your experience might be different. For monochrom, if I remember correctly, the jpeg in camera processing is where I saw the most magic with minor post processing. I even was selected for LFI Master Shot with my monochrom photos. The 1.33 crop added sharpness and character from every lens I put on it. There is great microcontrast and the jpegs have incredible tonal range. But....Use Raw and IR Cut filters for color. Cheers!
@ Thanks, surprisingly jpegs for bnw 🙂👍 Wow. Will check this out.
@@Nerdzombiedisco Are you somewhere on social to see pictures? 🙂👍
Some important additional info. Those dead pixels appear mostly in cameras which are not used for longer time, so be aware. Camera may look like new, but still have the issue. It costs about 200 EUR to fix it with Leica. Shutter replacement is a bigger one, found information that still can be done, but costs about 800 EUR and you get one from M9. All that gathered from internet, so subject to verification. Good luck and all the best!