Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I never shoot more than a couple of frames at a time. Lack of high speed motor not a problem at all. Gene -------------- Original message from John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>: -------------- > I hope not myself. Anything beyond 2 or 3 frames per second is not > necessary in a basic rangefinder. Leica would be making a big mistake > if it tried to cast the M8 as a camera for every situation. The Ms > best feature is its lack of features. There is nothing to get in the > way. There are other cameras out there with enough features to render > them almost unusable. Please leave the M alone. > > John Collier > > On 18-Sep-06, at 8:00 AM, Michael Volow wrote: > > > In the DPreview preview of the Leica M8, I thought I remember > > reading that the continuous mode or burst mode is only 2 frames/ > > sec. If true, this is dreadfully slow for an expensive camera. Even > > my old Digilux I gets 3-4 frames/sec in burst mode. If true, I hope > > that they will rethink this > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information