[Leica] M8 Photokina Report (+ smidge on ZI and CV) **WITHCORRECT URL LINK**

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 5:36 PM -0500 9/26/06, Jim Nichols wrote:
>Steve,
>That's interesting.  Definitely different, but not as bad as David 
>reports in his blog.
>Jim Nichols


It's a vertical metal shutter (known for some time), has a top speed 
of 1/8000s and gets wound by a motor.

It's not going to sound like a rubber window blind run by a large 
volume of gears and governors.

I didn't find it particularly loud or irritating, but it did sound 
different. Different in and of itself, if it has a good reason, does 
not annoy me. After 40+ years of Leica shutters, I'm certainly used 
to and probably fond of that sound, but the things that are important 
to me about the Leica are largely present in the Leica M8.

Things like the slippery covering, which has no rational reason, and 
no direct exposure compensation or better shutter lock, or too wide 
metering pattern annoy me. Having to confirm every changed setting 
with an unnecessary button push annoys me.

BTW, if I get an M8, I'm thinking of using a Sharpie to adjust the 
metering pattern and setting permanent compensation. That and gluing 
a rubber bumper on the back near the top right so my thumb doesn't 
slip off.

The sound I can live with quite easily.

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