Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My sentiments exactly, when I use Mirror Lock-Up on my R8 and R9 (same shutter assembly now in the M8). Without the mirror slap, it's comfortably smooth and quiet. Having "dry-fired" the M8 15 or 20 times at the Leica Akademie in Seattle, it was like "Old Home Week" for me. Any measurable increase in sound with the R type shutter is worth the dramatic increase in speed provided by the M8. I really can't fault Leica on this one point with respect to the M8 system. Bob On Jan 4, 2007, at 21:15, Alastair Firkin wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information