Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Tom A's soft release works fine for me. For auto review you can set what you see in the menu (with or without histogram and clipping). Shutter release is staged like the M7. You can lock exposure and then recompose. Cheers SF Geoff ---- Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Well, my M8 arrived yesterday, and last night I charged the battery, > updated the firmware, and set up the camera to my liking. I do have > two somewhat stupid questions: > > 1) It seems that the shutter release needs to be pushed harder and > further than I remember with the film Ms. I still have several of > Tom's soft releases. Is there any reason why I should not put one on > the M8? Or does he have a special digital edition ;-) > > 2) More importantly, a question about the instant review. On my E3, it > pops up for 3 seconds and shows me the picture and the histogram. On > the M8, whatever I do (and yes, I have looked in the manual) it just > shows me the picture. In PLAY mode, it does display what I want, but > the review if picture only. Am I missing something, or is the M8 just > designed that way? (I hope not, since the most useful function of > instant review is the histogram). > > Today, I will test the camera the Ted Grant way: I will just go and > take some pictures. > > TIA, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information