Leica’s first full frame HDSLR – M240 video capable?

very nice. I have a question. Do you hear a click at the end of a recording? When I have the recording sound on the mike picks up the sound of my depressing the button to stop the video recording. It seems that the mike is super sensitive to the click of pushing the off/on button (but only hear the sound at the end of the recording, not the beginning). thanks..

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I think the Leica renders video beautifully by your example. Compared to Canon’s slightly ‘intense’ colour rendering this looks natural and smooth. I use a 1DX with Zeiss primes and have a little trouble with oversharp images sometimes but this Leica M sensor seems to give a very workable image (looking past the assets of the lens advantage). It isn’t truly set up for pro video accessories but can definitely produce a gorgeous image at least in these low contrast and saturation locations. Great skin tones too.

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the price is way out,,i dont understang leica and there prices for there cameras,,i havent seen a leica camera in public in years,,,matter of fact,,i dont know anyone wo even owns one,,the prices for there subpar cameras are just far and away not real.sure they shoot good quality stills,,but so do cheaper cameras,,6 grand for a full frame camera with lousy video??they work with panasonic,,there is no excuse for the bad video on this 6 thousand dollar ordinary camera….

OK I love great equipment and would love a new Leica M, and a 5dIII or whatever great gear is out, it’s just not possible and cost effective to keep upgrading whenever these companies change. Love your review. It goes to show it’s the indian not the arrow I bet you can make a great video with an old super 8 from a garage sale a Leica M or Camera Red. I would still love to shoot with the Leica M after seeing your video good review or bad looks like a fun smallish camera.

Too bad about the camera but I really like the new Cinema5D look, and these review pages are laid out much better; especially with the information on camera settings and editing used for the video. I also liked the “behind the scenes” photos.

Watching this for the first time on Vimeo I didn’t really pick up on the weaknesses (IMO it’s because it was filmed and edited very well, so good job on the content Johnnie!) but when reviewing I noticed the changed look at 2:00 (which I didn’t like) and some softness of the in focus portions during the shallow DoF extreme close ups at 1:15.

What lenses did you use? Particularly for those close up shots?

Thanks for this and keep up the good work guys!

Well, regardless of your thoughts on the video capabilities I thoroughly enjoyed this short documentary piece. Goes to show video quality doesn’t matter when you have a great story to tell!

It looks like a lot of the cons could be corrected (or added) by Leica with firmware updates. I don’t have a lot of faith they will be addressed but how hard would it be for them to add a “flat” picture style, and allow us to have far less compression at the expense of less time to record video? They could also have 16:9 bars show up by default in menu options somewhere.

They could also some kind of indication of how much time or space you have left before the recording stops.

I’m mainly buying one to shoot photos but I don’t want Leica to half ass the video feature since they have opted to include one with this camera.

The video function is not needed by me; I just want a Leica digital full frame camera to use my R-lenses and take wonderful photos. I think I will wait for another real R-solution.

Altough the video looks very nice, I really wonder if anyone would seriously consider buying this camera to shoot video with it. It’s like buying a Rolls Royce only to drive backwards with it, a boeing only to fly from Paris to Calais, a Rolex for a blind man.
Let’s face it, this is a fantastic stills camera, but nobody will use this as a video camera.
Why did they ad the extra feature? Why does a Porsche have a rearview mirror?

I really enjoyed the M 240 video. The focus, colors and saturation looked excellent to me but then I am no expert in this field. I also thought the theme and music fit the message being shared, some one in love with their profession and with a human face too. No pretention here. Well done. Since I live in Korea, this is a relief from the cold spring we are having here. Thank you for the wonderful show.