[Leica] M8 first glitch

[david5stones at gmail.com (Red Dawn)]

Sorry to hear of your problem George. Is your M8 running the latest
firmware? Short of sending it back to Solms, as a last resort u might want
to try refreshing the firmware in your camera even if u have the latest
version...

Have u changed anything since the last time u used it properly? new SD card?
new set of battery?

There are just too many reports of dying M8s. Leica really needs to get to
the bottom of things!

David Teo


On 3/27/07, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Yesterday, I had the M8 out for a stroll (hadn't used it in almost a
> week - been with the DMR). I took the camera out of the bag, flipped
> the switch as I raised it to my eye, focused, pressed the shutter
> release, no click, just the message: "shutter err." Turned it off and
> on again. Same message. No click. Opened the bottom. Popped the
> battery (fully charged) out and in again. Still nothing. Opened the
> bottom again. Popped the SD card out and in again. Still nothing
> (except the Shutter Err message.
>
> Walked back to the car and got the M6TTL .58 and returned to captured
> the photograph I was after on film - NOTE: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS MUST
> BACK UP THEIR CAMERAS WITH OTHER CAMERAS WITH THE SAME DISCIPLINE
> THAT THEY BACK UP THEIR IMAGE FILES.
>
> Sat on a bench. Opened the M8 again. Popped both the battery and the
> SD card out - then in again. Closed it up. The shutter worked. Put
> the camera back in the bag. Didn't do any more photography.
>
> Just now as I type this - I try the camera again - "Shutter 'Err"
> again on the viewfinder display and "Attention Shutter Fault" on the
> LCD screen. WTF? Anyone experienced or heard about this one?
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
>
>
>
>
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