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Originally Posted by Shootist
I seriously doubt that M8 will ever have a silent mode. It is not a shutter release switch or firmware function. The rewinding of the shutter is tied to the closing of the shutter blades and can not be stopped.
To test this set the camera to 1/2 or 1 second and or B and take the lens off. Hit the shutter button and watch the shutter open, then watch it close. As soon as it closes it rewinds. It is a function of the closing of the shutter blades that triggers the rewinding of it.
The only way to get it to not rewind at the close of the blades is to take out whatever switch/trigger is built into it that actuates the rewinding. This can only be done with a new, replacement shutter that has that feature and a new shutter release switch to actuate that feature.
Not going to happen with the M8. Maybe the M9 but not the M8.
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Ed all i can say is leica seemed to be more positive on being able to do it , whatever that means. Like words like piece of cake. Okay 3 beers later. ROTFLMAO