Leica M240 Impressions

As a Leica M user since the 1960's I've found the birth of a new M to be a cause for celebration. The new M240 in particular, because I was one of a small group who, early in the process, were privy to Leica's design intentions for the M. I even made a few feature suggestions which ended up in the final product.
It was therefore with not a little sadness that due to my being in Mexico this past winter  I was unable to be part of the M's alpha test program. (Getting a prototype M legally through Mexican customs was a process that I had no patience for. Life really is too short for such nonsense). So, all I could do was talk to my friends about it, including Sean Reid ofReidreviews, who was part of the process.
But then, when I returned to Toronto in the spring and a promised M review sample still hadn't shown up, I decided that if the mountain wouldn't come to me, I would go to it. Sean lives in Vermont, and we decided to meet half way between there and Toronto, in upstate N...