Informal M9P shutter noise comparison to M4-P

[kinross]

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Thanks for that observation hepcat.

I just fired off some exposures and I do agree that the shutter is a tad quieter.

It is the length of the re-cock that does the damage.

I could not believe that there would be a difference between the two models. Maybe there is some slight variation between cameras.

I have a M6TTL which I do not use quite so much now since buying a MM1 to go with my M9. I bought the MM a few months back.

Every now and then I take it down the M6 and fire the shutter,just to here it.Sad or what!!!

 

Mike.

[hepcat]

 

Every now and then I take it down the M6 and fire the shutter,just to here it.Sad or what!!!

 

Mike.

 

A familiar tale I fear.  My M4-P is right here and I've been "exercising" the shutter for the past couple of days when I take a minute to sit down.  There's something very satisfying about the sound and feel of a film-M body shutter. 

[kinross]

I am pleased you mentioned the feel of the film cameras.

There is something about them that make me want to go out and take photo's. Something I do not get with the digital M's.

I think it can only be that very slight difference in body size.

I love my M digital's,but there does seem to be something missing.

[hepcat]

I am pleased you mentioned the feel of the film cameras.

There is something about them that make me want to go out and take photo's. Something I do not get with the digital M's.

I think it can only be that very slight difference in body size.

I love my M digital's,but there does seem to be something missing.

 

I think that there is a tactile response to the mechanical M bodies that most people who use them feel and appreciate.  it's found in some earlier SLR bodies as well (Pentax Spotmatics for example.)  I think that photographers came to regard the sound of the film advancing through the sprockets and the feel of the thumb wind lever moving the drivetrain and advancing the film just as much a part of the operation of the camera as focusing and setting the exposure. There is something about that sound and feel that makes the photographer further integrated with the camera I think.   That entire tactile experience is missing on the digital cameras, for better or worse.