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The Rangefinder
‘Truths’, ‘Mystique’ & Practice with the Leica M240

We have just published our newest video titled "The Rangefinder: Truth, Mystique & Practice – Leica M240"

In our Our Store, do a search for ‘Rangefinder‘. For those wishing to purchase it individually, the price is $ 12.50. It is without extra charge for our annual subscribers, and should appear in customers’ subscriptions within 24 hours (01/17/2014)

The video is made up of a three segment discussion on Rangefinders between Michael Reichmann, Sean Reid of reidreviews.com, and Mark Dubovoy. It was shot on location in Ithaca, N.Y. in the Spring of 2013.

At an hour and twenty minutes, this wide-ranging discussion looks in detail at the Leica M240, the Fuji X-Pro1, focussing techniques, Window Viewfinders and Electronic Viewfinders, a comparison to DSLRs, the use of R lenses on an M Leica, the suitability of Rangefinders for new photographers, the cost of Leica and others, a recent history of Rangefinders since the advent of SLRs, Rangefinders use for ‘quiet’ or ‘stealth’ photography, a look at what’s new in the M240 over the M9, the shortcomings of the M240 – in the varied opinions of the three participants, Leica lenses, their ‘mystique’ and finally, the use of Leica M mount lenses on other cameras.

Sean Reid of reidreviews.com, a widely recognized writer about rangefinder and window finder cameras, was a participant in our new video. You should know that Sean has just published a review of the Sony A7R and will be publishing follow-up articles that look carefully at side by tests of the A7R and M-240 with various rangefinder lenses. Reidreviews is a subscription site.

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