Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Never one glitch (just a quickly replaced toast charger after two month's use) with my M8 since January 7th, when I received it. Near 4000 pics through it . Actually in the middle of the financial engineering to purchase a second body sometime this 2007 Ed El 06/05/2007, a las 01:04, Slobodan Dimitrov escribi?: > You must have the RRR+ model. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > > On May 5, 2007, at 8:58 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > >> Don't know, mine has been mechanically and electronically perfect >> since day one. >> >> gene >> >> -------------- Original message from Lawrence Zeitlin >> <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>: -------------- >> >> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >