Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/05
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On 5/5/07 10:56 PM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> typed:
>
> On May 5, 2007, at 10:04 PM, Jeffery wrote:
>
>>> I took my esteemed M8 to a restaurant last night to show Dennis
>>> Couvillion. Much to my dismay, all attempts to use it resulted in
>>> "err" in the viewfinder, a small beep, and the words "shutter fault"
>>> on the LCD. I thought it might be a low battery, so I charged it
>>> overnight. Same thing. Someone on one of the forums had suggested
>>> reinstalling the latest firmware. No help there either.
>>>
>>> Any of you have this problem to date?
>>>
>>> Jeffery Smith
>
>
> I don't really understand why Leica is having problems with the M8's
> electronics. Digital cameras have been around for a dozen years, some
> with a degree of complexity far exceeding that. of the M8. I've taken
> over 4000 photos with my Oly 500 DSLR with never a glitch. My son has
> a Canon 10D and claims that it is a paragon of reliability. Leica
> could have easily bought the electronics package and software from
> one of its sometime partners, say Panasonic or Kodak, merged it with
> the Leica mechanicals and had a decent camera from the get go. What's
> with Leica?
>
> Larry Z
>
They're a camera company They wanted to make their own camera?
as much as possible.
And there is no consensus by any means that the M8 is "unreliable"
Sure we don't get a lot of "my camera worked perfectly today" from users
from all over that ain't news and sounds kind of boring. Nor is "my camera
worked perfectly today as usual" all that exciting to hear.
Mark Rabiner
8A/109s
New York, NY
markrabiner.com