Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]b.d. i PROMISE my m-4p is quieter than my m6. i'll record them if you need proof <G>. kim At 02:18 PM 3/8/99 -0500, you wrote: >I may well be crazy - but then I suspect that everyone on this list is to >one degree or another :-) - but let me make the following suggestion: > >Get a tape recorder. Take the recorder and your M4-P and M6, into a closet, >or some other totally quiet environment. With the mike the same distance >from each camera, record the sounds of the shutters at various speeds, but >record the sounds of the M4-P on one unlabeled tape cassette with a tiny >piece of black tape on the bottom side, and the M6 on another, identical, >cassette, with a piece of white tape on the bottom side. Shuffle the >cassettes. Listen to the sounds. > >I'll bet they're the same, or so damn close that you're the only person who >could possibly tell them apart. :-) >B. D. > >Shuffle the cassette > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of >FSilberman@aol.com >Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 12:47 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] M sound levels (was M4-P opinions) > > > >In a message dated 3/7/99 4:15:35 AM, Ben T wrote: > ><<I had an M4-P and an M6HM. The click of the shutter was noticeably >louder >on >my M4-P than on my M6HM. I don't know if this is the general case with >M4-Ps. >Ben>> > >Interesting that you mention this. I was shooting recently (& wanted a quiet >camera) & noticed my M2 was significantly louder than my M6. It felt >intrusively loud vs. the M6. I was very surprised. Have any of you >encountered >this noise anomaly, or is this normal with the older M's. > >Frederic >