WestMichigan Posted May 8, 2012 Share #1 Posted May 8, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi Group, I have a M8 Classic (no upgrades) and recently I have been trying to shoot some very carefully timed action shots at baseball games, but after many hundreds of images I still can't precisely time my shutter releases. When pressing the shutter button, the feel of the beginng and the finish of it's 'travel' is fairly clearly sensed, but there doesnt seem to be a distinct point in the rest to indicate being close to tripping the switch and firing the shutter. It's an indistinct mush. Query: is this as normal as I suspect it is? Reviews from the M8's early days state a different feel to the shutter release compared to mechanical M's. More Importantly! Is there a remedy or help for gaining more precision in timing my shutter release? Could one of those screw in shutter buttons (domes, convexs, concaves, etc) be of assistance? Thx for any input! Richard in Michigan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted May 9, 2012 Share #2 Posted May 9, 2012 I find it a lot better than my M6 release, I just happened to be thinking that when I put a roll through it last weekend. I guess only option is indeed to screw one of these toadstools in. Or get an M9, the soft release setting is marvelous. Somehow it appears I only have to think click and the thing goes click. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted May 9, 2012 Share #3 Posted May 9, 2012 Mine has a midpoint where the meter activates, but the shutter does not release. Actually it feels notchy for lack of a better word. All the old film Leicas were much better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorianM Posted May 9, 2012 Share #4 Posted May 9, 2012 My M8 is the same, it's actually slightly gritty as it goes past the meter activatin point. FWIW there is a way to adjust the feel of the release, but afaik not the actual release point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestMichigan Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted May 9, 2012 Thanks for the Inputs :-) I've gotten some good input from a friend on the LRflex List that -I Think- explains my timing issues. I failed to factor in that I was using Auto Exposure for most of the Game and I also had Auto ISO activated - Turns out they both can increase the Shutter Lag. I should have known that for the Auto setting, but forgot and I'd forgotten completely that I had turned Auto ISO on until he noted it as a factor. Both 'programs' take a slice of time to do their cyphering and while they're not relatively big ones they are present. I strongly suspect the delay isn't a consistent one either, but there are to many variables to judge using shooting at a baseball game to state it categorically. :-) As for how the shutter release feels, I think Tobey nailed it by calling it 'notchy'. From my reading materials I believe it stems from being an electrical switch rather than a mechanical linkage to the shutter mechanism itself. I accidently made the 'sensation' of notchy-ness worse by attempting to precisely time my shot to coincide with the action of the player and then futilely attempting to overcome a shutterlag I'd inadvertently extended unneccessarily and unneccessarily made inconsistent, too! Richard in Michigan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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