Most of the time makes a normal sound like the ball bearing is return and how i would expect. Other times it makes a funny "gear" sound. Should I be concerned? I just got it back from a full revision from Leica! before it didnt make these sounds...

-- Russell Brooks (russell@ebrooks.org), July 25, 2001

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Your M2 shutter should sound different at 1/30 and 1/15 compared to its sound at higher speeds. It's a lengthier sound. If it wasn't doing it before the going-over Leica gave it, it was probably not right then, and probably is right now. Your reference to something that sounds like a ball bearing seems to confirm this. There are a couple of previous threads on this with more discussion, but that's the short answer.

-- Bob Fleischman (RFXMAIL@prodigy.net), July 25, 2001.

Here's a good thread on this:

SLOW SHUTTER SOUNDS

-- Bob Fleischman (RFXMAIL@prodigy.net), July 25, 2001.

Hmmm, maybe I didn't ask my question clearly enough.
Yes, I am aware that the shutter makes different sounds at all the different speed settings. And that different gears are used for the slower speeds.
My problem is that *within* the shutter speed of 1/30th (and 1/15th for that matter) it gives different sounds. Maybe every 20 shots or so the ball bearing return sound is gone and I get more of a aborted gear sound. It also seems to happen more likely to happen just after I switch to 1/30th or 1/15th from another speed.

-- Russell Brooks (russell@ebrooks.org), July 26, 2001.

Russell, the 15th speed is the first that works with the slow speed mecanism, could be that too, but to be sure you better take it to a pro, by the way is your camera regulary used?

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), July 26, 2001.