Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/13

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Subject: [Leica] A bad couple of hours
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:56:53 +1000
References: <p06240800cbaea379e1a5@192.168.1.101> <001401cd19f4$21638fa0$642aaee0$@chiaroscuro.co.nz>

I had to look it up! On an M9 it is no longer an option (S for Snapshot) on
the shutter speed dial of course.
Three button presses and two scrolls to get there
>SET -scroll to Set user profile>SET- scroll to Snapshot profile>SET

Cheers,
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 14 April 2012 14:07, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> wrote:

> I thought that the "snapshot mode" was dropped with the M9?
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I just had the s---t scared out of me. I took the SD card out of my
> M9 and processed a few shots in LR4. I put the card back in the camera and
> reformatted it. I then noticed that the main menu cycled through only about
> eight alternatives and the ISO button on the left was inoperative.
>
> I was just about to think about re-installing the firmware into my "busted"
> camera when I noticed that the camera had somehow (mea
> culpa) gotten into "snapshot mode".
>
> Now why in hell would anyone who spent $7000 on a camera want to put it
> into
> an idiot point-and-shoot mode? I can just barely accept the fact that there
> is an option for the camera to output .jpg although I can't image using it
> myself. But snapshot mode !#$&^%$#!#$^%#$!!!!!
>
>
>
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