Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 06/19/2000 3:06:07 PM Central Daylight Time, bosjohn@mediaone.net writes: > Nor do I share in the madness, but I have also noticed that no two of my > Leicas sounds alike. My stand out favorite and best sounding to my ear was > my > old M3. (which I sadly sold when a pressing need for money arose) sr. 701243, > > a very early M. This had the silkiest most buttery sound with not a trace > of > sharpness, where as my M4-2 and M-6 both sound a bit louder and have a more > truncated beginning and end. > John I'll second that. I just got my 'new' M3 back from Sherry after a CLA and I can't even hear the shutter if there's even the least bit of white noise in the room. Bit of a disadvantage some times...I find that pets perk up their ears better when they hear the shutter of most other cameras. They just ignore me now! Jim L.