Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/13

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Subject: [Leica] Leica M240
From: cedric.agie at gmail.com (Cedric Agie)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:40:34 +0100
References: <F4A78B27-7673-48AA-82D9-F7B809AC7574@me.com> <6C0C8D0D-427B-45E4-8748-8D585DD4B6A1@archiphoto.com> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9B6FB2EC0@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org> <834F2D15-FA08-418C-9B35-FF9A0126C84C@archiphoto.com> <C010CEAE93D44BDDA0FCCC0356ECB3F4@jimnichols> <ADEC949D670847ABA2A8169E64A18833@jimnichols>

Quality, capacity and speed of card is indeed an important factor.
Some cards boast speeds etc they in fact do not have, at least with the M-9.

Regards,

Cedric

2013/3/13 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>:
> Too early for me!  I should have typed M240, not M9. 
> Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
>
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at 
> lighttube.net>
>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:05 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M240
>
>
>> Hi Henning,
>>
>> Owning neither the M8 nor M9, I'm just a casual observer.  However, from
>> what I have read, wait times can be card dependent.  Are you using the
>> fastest cards available for the M9?
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Wulff"
>> <henningw at archiphoto.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M240
>>
>>
>>> I sometimes shoot 7 shots in 15 seconds, all single shot. Then I get to
>>> wait, and if the next good moment comes up 5 seconds after the last 
>>> shot???
>>> It's just a slow camera.
>>>
>>> Henning
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2013-03-12, at 1:59 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That does not sound right, as (what I call) single shots I have never
>>>> hit the buffer. If you mean 'many' (about 7 or 8) shots in 4 secsonds on
>>>> single shot mode that is different...
>>>>
>>>> john
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> on behalf of Henning Wulff [henningw at archiphoto.com]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would say that that major improvement in the new M is the speed. I
>>>> never have to wait for the camera, as I do with the M9. If I do single
>>>> shots, which is 99% of the time, I really can't outshoot it, whereas 
>>>> the M9
>>>> often required me to wait 30 seconds until the buffer cleared, which is 
>>>> a
>>>> long time. Reviewing shots is also much faster.
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> Henning Wulff
>>> henningw at archiphoto.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leica M240)
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Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Leica M240)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] Leica M240)
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Leica M240)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Leica M240)
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