Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/03

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Subject: [Leica] 8 or 8.2
From: mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)
Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 08:44:51 +0100
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I could well be wrong (I usually am) but I thought the 1/8000 was 
dropped as to make the shutter quieter, it was basically slowed down. 
My impression was that they had a space on the shutter speed dial which 
needed filling...




Mark Pope,
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UK

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Brian Reid wrote:
> 
>> As for the snapshot mode - it's not really appropriate on a camera 
>> like the M8 in my view, but it doesn't do any harm.
> 
> Ah, but it does. The snapshot mode consumed one of the shutter-speed 
> slots, which is why they dropped 1/8000.
> 
> 
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