[Leica] Oh! For some M8s....

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

> That's good news.
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov
> http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/

The noise of the M8 is not bad, but it is non-optional. When I use a film
based M, (or Rollei TLR) I find the shutter noise is minimal but I choose
when to advance the film. I can "mask" the secondary noise, save it for
later, be looking away from my prey when I advance the film. With the M8,
you get the shutter noise and the "cocking" noise as soon as you depress
the shutter and the combination is lounder than the single events as
above. I would love to be able to fire the shutter and choose when to
advance the M8: this is something Leica should consider. The initial click
of the shutter is very quite and most of the noise comes after the
exposure.

Cheers

Alastair