M9 shutter release: standard or soft?

[EdwardKaraa]

I love the soft shutter release option on the M9. It feels more responsive and ready to shoot. Who else uses soft?

PS: For those who use discreet mode, you can vote standard, or vote soft if you use discreet & soft.

 

[Richard G]

Discreet. I like to use the half pressure exposure lock.

 

[Vickko]

But sometimes it gets fired in the bag, because of the softer touch and larger button surface.

 

[EdwardKaraa]

Discreet. I like to use the half pressure exposure lock.

Richard, in this case you can vote standard since discreet uses the standard shutter release.

 

[Richard G]

Richard, in this case you can vote standard since discreet uses the standard shutter release.

Fair enough. I have lodged my vote.

 

[Godfrey]

I use both, depending on the situation.

- Normally I use standard as it is easier to half-press the shutter release and hold a setting while reframing.

- When the subject matter is moving (as in photographing people at a party), I switch to soft as it is faster operating.

I haven't yet found a need to use the discreet shutter release setting.

 

[ChrisN]

Discreet. I like to use the half pressure exposure lock.

+1. The best combination for me.

 

[douglasf13]

Soft, and sometimes discreet. I just keep the camera in manual exposure mode, so I don't need to lock the exposure.

 

[luuca]

soft and discrete since I bought it.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Standard + discreet.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Hosermage]

Standard, for the exposure lock. My image review will show as long as I keep the button down.

 

[maggieo]

Standard, like others, for the exposure lock, which is especially important when working with 28mm lenses, which I like. I only occasionally use discrete mode, in situations when being quiet is paramount.

 

[tightsqueez]

Standard + automatic metering during the day, soft + manual metering at night.

Discreet isn't so I don't.

 

[douglasf13]

Standard, like others, for the exposure lock, which is especially important when working with 28mm lenses, which I like.

Interesting. Why is exposure lock especially important with a 28mm lens?

 

[Hosermage]

Just a guess, 28mm is as wide as I go, and I find that I often need to: focus, meter, lock, recompose, simply because it's wider.

 

[douglasf13]

Just a guess, 28mm is as wide as I go, and I find that I often need to: focus, meter, lock, recompose, simply because it's wider.

The metering area is the same size relative to the frame, no matter which lens you use, so I'm not sure that's it.

 

[sepiareverb]

Both, depending on the situation.

 

[Godfrey]

I've now moved to using mostly soft. Suits my shooting better ... a little quicker, manual exposure control.

 

[Photon42]

Using discreet as standard. Note it can be switched super easily to normal by setting the frame mode from S to C. Best of both worlds for me.

 

[Marc G.]

I actually dont have a digital M yet, just one on loan from a dealer that I've shot for 2 weeks now. Coming from a M6ttl I find the shutter button to be a pain in the ass. thats why I rather use a lightmeter or a testshot to test exposure than locking it because the stop before releasing often gives me 1 stop less speed to handhold. I can handhold 1/15th of a second with M6 but only 1/45th and sometimes 1/30th with the M9 (reference is a 50mm lens on each)

thats why the first thing if I get a digital leica is to put it to soft permanently... I dont use the automatic often anyway (and I dont trust it)