Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/16

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Subject: [Leica] M9 was firing 3 shots per click
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:18:56 -0400
References: <5CE39D00-6736-424A-B454-1A2351B19F86@yahoo.co.uk>

Sounds like you hit the burst mode selector switch...

Whoops, wrong kind of shooting.

I've had a runaway shutter before. It happened twice, on the same
evening, in about the same 20 minutes. Other than that instance, the
shutter has been fine.

Phil Forrest


On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:39:45 +0900
Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> A strange thing happened today.  Every time I pressed the shutter  
> button in single shot mode, the camera would take 3 shots.  It did
> the same in continuous mode, pressing the shutter only once.  It did
> the same in timer mode.
> 
> Being in soft, soft and discreet, discreet, or normal mode didn't
> help either.
> 
> Then I reset the menu, then re-entered my usual settings.  Back to  
> normal, one click of the shutter release button, one exposure made.
> 
> Has this happened to anyone else?
> 
> Peter Cheyne
> 
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