Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, This is normal for all digital cameras, except for the RD-1, and most everyone complained it did not auto cock the shutter. Granted they could have used a quieter cocking motor on the M8, but it is not that noisy in my opinion, it is certainly far quieter than my R8 motor winder and the motor drive on my F3. Gene -------------- Original message from "Alastair Firkin" <firkin@ncable.net.au>: -------------- > > That's good news. > > > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/ > > The noise of the M8 is not bad, but it is non-optional. When I use a film > based M, (or Rollei TLR) I find the shutter noise is minimal but I choose > when to advance the film. I can "mask" the secondary noise, save it for > later, be looking away from my prey when I advance the film. With the M8, > you get the shutter noise and the "cocking" noise as soon as you depress > the shutter and the combination is lounder than the single events as > above. I would love to be able to fire the shutter and choose when to > advance the M8: this is something Leica should consider. The initial click > of the shutter is very quite and most of the noise comes after the > exposure. > > Cheers > > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information