Leica M Typ 240 Review

Now let's delve into more details of our Leica M Typ 240 review by assessing its features and specs, as well as checking what pros and cons it has compared to other average products in this category.

Leica M Typ 240 boasts of a resolution of 24.0 MP and is equipped with a Full frame (36 x 24 mm) sized CMOS sensor.

The base of Leica M Typ 240 has the following ISO range 100 - 6400 .

Also, this model comes with the support of the RAW file. This gives you more opportunities in terms of further processing of your files as you can pick to save them in a RAW format.

In a huge database of models that we have collected, Leica M Typ 240 features a 24.0 MP sensor. In the Pro Mirrorless class, there is a high-resolution camera.

DxOMark Sensor Scores

DxOMark gives us a possibility to make a clear and scientific assessment of the quality of camera sensors’ image. Leica M Typ 240, in its turn, features a sensor that was already studied and assessed by DxO Mark. After a complete evaluation, this type of sensor has received a score of 84 for the image quality. If you are looking to see how DxO Mark has tested and evaluated the Leica M Typ 240’s sensor.

Anti-Aliasing Filter

Leica M Typ 240 is known for the lack of anti-alias (Low-pass) filter. It is one of its essential features of the sensor built in this model. The absence of this filter contributes to a higher level of details and sharpness in the pictures you take. Yet, the lack of an anti-alias filter also enhances the possibility of more occurring in certain conditions.

Now let’s check how we can compare the size of Full frame sensor featured in Leica M Typ 240 with other standard sensor sizes.

LCD and ViewFinder

Leica M Typ 240 is equipped with a Fixed Type 3" LCD screen. The resolution of this model’s screen reaches 920k dots.

In addition, this model comes with a built-in Optical (rangefinder) ViewFinder.

Max Shutter speed

Some of the other highlights of Leica M Typ 240 are its 3.0 fps max speed and 1/4000 sec max shutter speed, which allow you to shoot continuously.

Flash

Unlike some other cameras from this category, M Typ 240 unfortunately, is not equipped with a built-in flash. Luckily, it has a special slot for external flashes instead.

Video Features

As for the video quality characteristics of Leica M Typ 240, it gives you a possibility to shoot videos at the highest resolution of 1920 x 1080 You also have enough flexibility in terms of how you can save your files. Namely, Leica M Typ 240 allows you to save files in Motion JPEG formats.

Leica M Typ 240 provides full HD resolution, which means that this model shows decent performance in most situations.

Leica M Typ 240 is not equipped with any ports that would allow you to connect external headphones and microphones to it.

Connectivity and Storage

You can connect M Typ 240 to compatible devices via USB 2.0 port.

Battery Life

In concordance with generally accepted CIPA standards, the battery featured in Leica M Typ 240 provides a shooting life of 500, while the average battery life of cameras in this class is 432 shots.

Compared to all models in the Pro Mirrorless category, Leica M Typ 240 offers the highest battery life that reaches 500 shots.

In this part of our review, we are going to focus on Leica M Typ 240’s performance in various fields of photography. Each sub-section stands for a specific photography area. In every part, we will review Leica M Typ 240’s name performance and give it an overall score. This first spider web graph indicates how we can compare the M Typ 240 to the average MirrorLess camera.

Hover your mouse over the points to see the score details for each photography type.

Leica M Typ 240 for Portrait Photography

After carefully reviewing how well Leica M Typ 240 performs Portrait Photography, we gave it a score of 85. Compared to scores of other cameras from the same class, Leica M Typ 240 can be called a Great model for this type of photography.

If the score of this model doesn’t impress you and you are still looking for a model that is better suited for Portrait Photography, we recommend you to check out our Top 10 Cameras for Portrait Photography.

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Leica M Typ 240 for Street Photography

After carefully reviewing how well Leica M Typ 240 performs Street Photography, we gave it a score of 84. Compared to scores of other cameras from the same class, Leica M Typ 240 can be called a Great model for this type of photography.

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Leica M Typ 240 for Sports Photography

After carefully reviewing how well Leica M Typ 240 performs Sports Photography, we gave it a score of 91. Compared to scores of other cameras from the same class, Leica M Typ 240 can be called a 91 model for this type of photography.

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Leica M Typ 240 for Daily Photography

After carefully reviewing how well Leica M Typ 240 performs Daily Photography, we gave it a score of 90. Compared to scores of other cameras from the same class, Leica M Typ 240 can be called a Great model for this type of photography.

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Leica M Typ 240 for Landscape Photography

After carefully reviewing how well Leica M Typ 240 performs Landscape Photography, we gave it a score of 96. Compared to scores of other cameras from the same class, Leica M Typ 240 can be called a 96 model for this type of photography.

If the score of this model doesn’t impress you and you are still looking for a model that is better suited for Landscape Photography, we recommend you to check out our Top 10 Cameras for Landscape Photography.