Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/05

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Subject: [Leica] Oh! For some M8s....
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Fri Jan 5 17:21:41 2007
References: <010620070108.10602.459EF674000892310000296A219791332903010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com>

On 06/01/2007, at 12:08, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:

> 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.

agree, but I would "like" the option: there are times where the  
winding on noise would be best delayed. This is not  a major hassle,  
just a possible point of difference: the fact that all digital  
cameras do this make me think it would be a good option ;-)

Cheers


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