M9 Shutter Modes

M9 Shutter Modes

  • Standard

    Votes: 52 52.5%

  • Soft

    Votes: 6 6.1%

  • Discreet

    Votes: 26 26.3%

  • Discreet & Soft

    Votes: 15 15.2%
  • Total voters
    99
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Joe AC

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I was just wondering what shutter mode most people use on their M9.
Standard, Soft, Discreet, or Discreet & Soft? And why?

Thanks
Joe
 
Discreet. Minimizes the intrusion. Makes the camera seem more like a Leica. No, I haven't upgraded to the latest firmware.
 
Standard. I rarely need to be discreet, and I still don't quite get what the heck 'soft' is.

I will occasionally switch to discreet when shooting an event where quiet matters, but that isn't all that often.

I've not upgraded my firmwear either. These old boxer briefs work fine.
 
Discreet. I prefer it. Can't tell a difference between standard and soft.

Have the latest firmware and have noticed the recock take a few seconds after I release the shutter. Doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen randomly.
 
Soft. Turns the shutter into a hair trigger, as it actuates the camera at the first contact point instead of the second. I agree, if you have a heavyhanded technique you might not notice the difference, but then you probably have difficulties handholding at low shutterspeeds.
The minor drawback of the loss of AElock is not interesting for me. I switch to manual in such shooting conditions anyway. Much more practical.
 
When I first got the M9 I disliked the shutter button (it was set to standard) because I thought it had too much "creep". Once I discovered the "soft" setting, it was like going back to my M6. I can definitely hand hold at much slower speeds in "soft". I now seem to go back and forth between "soft" and "discreet & soft". In "standard", it feels and sounds like I'm shooting a Polaroid one step.

Joe
 
Haven't gotten around to trying the other shutter modes yet. Standard works fine.

Haven't updated firmware yet either.
 
I prefer just discreet and regularly use the half press for AE lock as it is very sensitive and probably unuseable unless you are practiced at it. The dial exposure comp was attractive but I kept activating it inadvertently. I can hand hold as slow with the M9 as with the M5 thanks to the heft.
 
Exposure compensation is miss or maybe hit imo, as it is not more than a guess. Easy to forget it is activated too - imagespoiler. AE lock is indeed better but only on a per shot basis. It beats me why people use these elaborate methods when Leica offers the simplest and most effective system there is: manual. That shutterspeed dial is not glued to A!
Just measure the most relevant area of your shot selectively and take the picture.
I guess the cause is the succesful drive by most camera manufacturers to replace our brains by chips in cameras - which is based on the insulting idea that the average photographer is rather more idiot than a bunch of electrons jumping about in a piece of silicon.:mad:
 
always soft and discrete.
The feeling is much more precise...

I don't care too about AELock (though it would be a nice plus to have the possibility to choice), I always use M mode
 
When I first looked at the thread, I was shooting standard. After reading the comments, I have switched to soft.

I'm sure it's a slippery slope to soft and discrete though:)
 
I use discreet once in a while, for the novelty, until I get bored with it and go back to standard. Never tried soft.
 
Discreet and occasionally discreet+soft for me. Makes it feel much more like a film M. I don't enjoy the whirr of the shutter re-cocking. This does mean I put up with the occasional random delay in the re-cock just when I wanted to take another shot. After reading this thread I think I'll experiment with keeping it on soft only again. Probably more responsive overall.

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