[Leica] A bad couple of hours

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I've never seen the Snapshot Mode and had no idea it was available on the
M9!!  I've never run across it in my button pushing, but then I stay pretty
much with RAW for everything.

Tina

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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