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Originally Posted by rubenkok

Hi William,

Welcome to the forum
Here is an MP3 file with first the M7 sound folowed by the M8 shutter release
M7 and MD have allmost the same shutter ! M7 has ballbearings and electromagnets (more noise ??).
enjoy
All the best
Ruben

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Thank you, Ruben, for your serious reply. I am surprised that so many Leica users thought the question was foolish.

Did you make a typographical mistake in your post, and write MD instead of MP? The MP and M7 make different sounds; the former goes "click" and the latter sort of goes "cluck." I was curious if one was quieter than the other.

With both my M6 and my MP I have been in situations where I could not shoot because the shutter sound caused a disturbance, so the answer is important to me.

Bill