Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/16

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Subject: [Leica] FYI
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Sat Sep 16 10:22:39 2006
References: <000201c6d9a9$825bea00$c4f96b44@newukolbqveo9i> <1AC1608D-68E6-4068-99B8-73E82504F8B6@steveunsworth.co.uk>
 
Someone also posted links comparing the sounds of the M7 and the M8.

John Collier

On 16-Sep-06, at 11:08 AM, Steve Unsworth wrote:

> It's the same shutter as the R9.
>
> On 16 Sep 2006, at 17:02, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
>> I've been guilty of not following the M8 thread (it's hard to read  
>> 2,000
>> posts in two days). But I did take a look at this site you posted.  
>> I had
>> held off on buying the Epson digital rangefinder because it has  
>> the damned
>> metal vertical (cha-ching) shutter that seems prone to jamming  
>> (I've had 2
>> Bessas and 1 Zeiss Ikon go belly up due to the jammed shutter).  
>> Now that
>> I've seen a pelvic exam of the M8 next to the M7, I see that the  
>> M8 has a
>> vertical metal shutter (Auggghh!). Does anyone know if it is the  
>> same brand
>> as the jammomatic in Bessas and Zeiss Ikons?
In reply to: Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] FYI)
Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] FYI)