[Leica] First time behind the (thumb)wheel of an M8 (5 photos)

[geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne)]

Hi Gene,

thanks.  

I expect the battery was much used before I bought the camera secondhand.  
I've ordered a no-brand one from Hong Kong, so we'll see how that goes.  

I had rather expected the designers to make swtiching to continuous shooting 
override discreet mode.  Without the override, I am less likely to switch to 
continuous from discreet mode, because that requires stepping through the 
menu to set it up, rather than a simple turn of the switch.  Because of 
this, I usually don't use discreet mode, and just switch it on for any shots 
that would really need it.  This little grumble is not really a complaint, 
as all I wanted was a digital version of the M3 or the M6, neither of which 
has continuous mode anyway (although both are discreet).

All the best,


 Peter Cheyne