Re: [Leica] M sound levels (was M4-P opinions)

[Ben T <debugger@jps.net>]

I swear, my M4-P was "definitely" louder than my M6HM.  There's no question in
my mind.
Ben

B. D. Colen wrote:

> I may well be crazy - but then I suspect that everyone on this list is to
> one degree or another :-) - but let me make the following suggestion:
>
> Get a tape recorder. Take the recorder and your M4-P and M6, into a closet,
> or some other totally quiet environment. With the mike the same distance
> from each camera, record the sounds of the shutters at various speeds, but
> record the sounds of the M4-P on one unlabeled tape cassette with a tiny
> piece of black tape on the bottom side, and the M6 on another, identical,
> cassette, with a piece of white tape on the bottom side. Shuffle the
> cassettes. Listen to the sounds.
>
> I'll bet they're the same, or so damn close that you're the only person who
> could possibly tell them apart. :-)
> B. D.
>
> Shuffle the cassette
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> FSilberman@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 12:47 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M sound levels (was M4-P opinions)
>
> In a message dated 3/7/99 4:15:35 AM, Ben T wrote:
>
> <<I had an M4-P and an M6HM.   The click of the shutter was noticeably
> louder
> on
> my M4-P than on my M6HM.  I don't know if this is the general case with
> M4-Ps.
> Ben>>
>
> Interesting that you mention this. I was shooting recently (& wanted a quiet
> camera) & noticed my M2 was significantly louder than my M6. It felt
> intrusively loud vs. the M6. I was very surprised. Have any of you
> encountered
> this noise anomaly, or is this normal with the older M's.
>
> Frederic