Shutter sounds on Leica site....

[sfokevin]

Here is a link to Leica and a download of the sound of the old & new shutter..

http://us.leica-camera.com/assets/file/download.php?filename=file_3766.zip

Can you hear a 800 Euro difference?...

 

[Gary Sandhu]

A slight difference, of no practical importance, I'd say, and you lose speed.

 

[kingmillo]

Oh.. that is sooo 800 euro worth!!! What an idiot. I actually love the sound of my M8, coming from japanese dslr.

 

[cam]

thank you very much for the link (and i do notice the difference)! but 800 euro worth? absolutely not! especially since it does not include the discreet advance.

pity, really. i was thinking about picking up a used M8 and doing the upgrade later when my finances allowed. now it seems that only the M8.2 has the feature i most want... ah well.

 

[sam_m]

The thing my non-photographer friends like most about my m8 is the shutter sound - funny.

 

[oris642]

Actually, from my conversation with Leica US today, almost everyone (100 + and counting) seems to be going for the trifeca (shutter, glass, rangefinder mask). If one goes for the rangefinder it's $800USD. Adding the shutter is $475 more ($1275 for both). I ordered all three for $1,700; was lucky to find a used M8 at a good price ($3,050) with a cracked LCD screen cover (just the cover, the LCD works fine).