Please turn M8 'Protect' button into 'ISO' button. POLL.

Please turn M8 'Protect' button into 'ISO' button. POLL.

  • Yes please, an 'ISO' option would be very usefull.

    Votes: 159 87.4%

  • No, I don't see the need.

    Votes: 23 12.6%
  • Total voters
    182
tom.w.bn said:
Hm. Don't know exactly. I was out today with the M8 and tried to imagine what it was like when the lcd for battery and remaining shots was not there and I had to look on the screen instead. I must say that the extra display is nice but not so important to complain about the M9 solution.
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I much prefer the M8 readout for this but equally I can't get excited about its absence on the M9. An awful lot of people who say "How difficult would it be to...?" should be a lot more humble in their assumptions. Outside areas I know a LOT about, I am constantly surprised by responses by experts who actually do know what they are talking about.

A chum of mine who is a small builder, plumber, etc., constantly provides excellent examples. "Couldn't you just...?" can be met with "Well, yes, but in order to do that I would have to...", while "Would it be possible to..." can be met with "Sure, dead easy." Unless you're an expert in a given field (and sometimes, in a given specialized area of that field), it can be next to impossible to guess how easy or difficult a given modification may be.

Cheers,

R.
 
JSU said:
This to me is one of the most curious differences between the M8 and M9.

Leica had to seriously alter the machining of the body shell and die for the top plate for the M9 for this change. There likely were machining changes to accommodate the M9 sensor but why this change? How much cost was saved by eliminating this display and writing its functions into the menu?
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Probably not so much cost as space. The interior of a dig-m is VERY crowded. The top plate is CNC milled from a huge chunk of brass so it's not a major tooling expense to change it.

Cheers,

R.
 
Guys, get over it. The M8 is a done deal. If you want an ISO button you will have to buy the M9 that is attached to it...
 
jaapv said:
Guys, get over it.
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Jaap, you are the one who bravely went gravedigging after months of silence in this thread. So, you get over it. :D

Yes, the M8 is sadly a done deal in this respect. And yes, I would get an M9 if I could possibly afford one. With or without the ISO button.
 
Powerdrain or space regarding the little lcd display on the m8??? What make you guys even think like that, it is absolutely nonsense. They cut away a bigger piece of the m9 then the lcd will possibly take. And my casio watch runs 8years (including daily alarm etc) on a the tiniest possible battery!!
I really enjoy reading the forum and appreciate lot of the input from everyone, but sometimes remarks make me wonder.

As for the difference between the m8 and m9, they need to change something to please new buyers right? Just like skipping and then adding the sapphire again (on the m9-p). When the m9 was introduced nobody complained it was gone, it was merely a show off feature anyway according to many leica users. But with the m9-p introduced, some users even happily fork out a lot of cash to get their m9 upgraded. It's just the nature of the beast (Leica fan:D) (this comments reflects myself to btw :D)
 
Lss said:
Jaap, you are the one who bravely went gravedigging after months of silence in this thread. So, you get over it. :D

Yes, the M8 is sadly a done deal in this respect. And yes, I would get an M9 if I could possibly afford one. With or without the ISO button.
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I am over it, i happily got one of the first M9s, kept my M8 u as backup and sold my M8. Actually there was nothing to get over for me :)
 
JSU said:
It cracks me up that the M9 & M9-P have been out of production for over half a year and some are still hoping Leica Camera, AG will do a firmware upgrade for their predecessor, the M8 series.
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I don't think anyone is very actively hoping anything. This is an old thread.

But I am still willing to accept this usable update.
 
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