I recently became the ecstatic owner of a frequently carried by lightly used M 240, & did so with some trepidation due to the looming presence of an M 240 successor - maybe as early as next year I'm told. But I took the plunge as being an old retired guy, I can no longer afford to keep waiting for the newest & bestest thing to come along. Besides it already simply has every single thing I need or want in a rangefinder camera - those last two words really being the key to everything.
But I also came to Leica after over 4 years of Fuji X (X100, X100S, XE-2 & X-Pro1), where it taught me two very useful things about my photographic abilities & interests. First & foremost, try as hard as I might, I could not make any of them a true rangefinder camera; & second, my needs & interests in the newest & latest were greatly satisfied by Fuji's habitual renewing of their line with firmware updates.
So my question then is what really has been Leica's history of doing this kind of thing, recognizing that it only applies to their more modern digital systems in any event? Is it likely that with a new M to replace or supplant the M 240, will there likely be a firmware update incorporating some of those newer features that can be made available using the older M 240 technology? Of am I simply inquiring about something for which there is no prior history? Should we, as devoted Leica owners, remain somewhat hopeful & optimistic about such prospects? Or is simply anybody's guess about what the future holds in store for anyone currently owning & using an M 240?
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