M8.2 Shutter Cocking?

[Joshua]

One of the interesting things I noticed in the press release is the "ability to re-cock the shutter at a later time for even further quiet operation."

This sounds a bit fascinating to me as I've always held that the most noise coming from my M8 is from the re-cocking, not the shutter opening, and if I could just do that after I put the camera down from my face it'd be great.

I've never complained about the noise before and I probably would never get the upgrade on my current M8 ... but this particular feature kind of fascinates me.

Any ideas on how it will be done? Maybe after turning the setting on you just have to press the shutter release again? Without the addition of a thumb level I'm really curious about how they're going to do this AND whether it might be possible to release it as a firmware upgrade to the current M8.

 

[Roberto]

Why don't they put a manual lever?
R.

 

[parsec1]

That would be to simple and to obvious for Leica

 

[fgianni]

Why don't they put a manual lever?
R.

That would be admitting that Epson was right (with the R-D1) and they were wrong with the M8 (at least on this account)

 

[sheepdog]

Don't the Canon 1D(s)-series bodies have something similar? One tap on the button to lift the mirror/release the shutter, second to lower mirror and re-cock shutter.

 

[kully]

It would be cool if, with the option enabled, the shutter priming was delayed until you took your finger off the shutter. Otherwise it'd get pretty confusing pressing the button to take a photo and re-priming the shutter instead of taking a photo because you forgot.

 

[furcafe]

Because that was a very common complaint by many potential & actual buyers of the Epson R-D1. Now the opposite complaint is heard about the M8.

You just can't please everyone. FWIW, I have both cameras & neither approach is a perfect solution. The M8's automatic shutter cocking may be noisy (compared to a film Leica), but the R-D1 manual cocking is slow & often annoying because it's clearly not a film camera & the "advance" doesn't feel right.

Why don't they put a manual lever?
R.

 

[jaapv]

Anyway, this option wil prove that the click is worse than the whirr. Or, on the M8-2, the same.

 

[historicist]

Sounds like the Hexar AF, which in silent mode only winds on when you remove your finger from the shutter release. Great idea, and it works really well in this implementation.

 

[Sam N]

The Canon 40D has a similar feature in Live View mode. It's a good idea. Speaking of Live-View, the M8 REALLY needs that feature. It would destroy the single biggest downside of using an RF, which is inaccurate framing of closeups.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

That would be admitting that Epson was right (with the R-D1) and they were wrong with the M8 (at least on this account)

Never! Stay the course. The lack of lever is working. You shouldn't change horses in midstream.

But seriously: Leica should have never taken the lever out. That was really dumb. But I also think that a lack of lever is not a deal killer.

If this "lever" is true, I'd pay to have my M8 upgraded. Or keep it that way: it's a collectible now! And you know, this is a Collectors' World...

Now that I think about it, I'm surprised there haven't been any faked M8s from the former CCCP...

 

[Joshua]

It would be cool if, with the option enabled, the shutter priming was delayed until you took your finger off the shutter.

That sounds like an amazing & fantastic solution.

However, upon further reading I believe I've come across information that its on a user-set time delay.

🙁

 

[padraigm]

Well it looks like the discreet advance is only available for the 8.2 not an upgrade option. That is the part that bothers me the most. Seriously how can the shutter upgrade be worth it. It's the recocking that is the biggest problem... There is noway that upgrade is worth it.

 

[btgc]

Sounds like the Hexar AF, which in silent mode only winds on when you remove your finger from the shutter release. Great idea, and it works really well in this implementation.

As I recall, this is how Konica AA-35 (aka Recorder) motorized half-frame camera works in normal mode.

 

[cam]

That would be admitting that Epson was right (with the R-D1) and they were wrong with the M8 (at least on this account)

Epson was SO right on this! if only the shutter sound was not enough to wake the dead...

a request from anybody that might be going to Photokina -- how good is this really? how much does it dampen the noise?

i really hate that you have to set the time for the shutter as every instance is different -- sometimes you want to take another picture immediately, other times you need to be delicately stealthy. if they couldn't have eaten their mistake and put a shutter cock, couldn't they have added a smart little button on the side???

 

[Gary Sandhu]

I read on the leica web site it recocks once you remove your finger (as the Hexar AF).

 

[cam]

I read on the leica web site it recocks once you remove your finger (as the Hexar AF).

my bad. somebody already said that, but i needed you to say it again so it sunk in... very cool!

(i just realised that technique helps immensely with a problem i have regarding shutter shake -- i'm recovering from an injury -- so double thanks are in order!)