Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Luggers, I was down on a neighbour's dock this evening in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada taking a lake panorama with my M8 on a tripod when the camera seized up. In the view finder it reads "Error" at the bottom of the finder and on the LCD at the back there is a dual message "Attention: Drive Blocked" and then "Attention Shutter Fault". When you take the lens off and look at the shutter - you can see that it hasn't cycled through as the white stripe on the shutter curtain isn't visible. I have had the battery out for a few hours and that hasn't produced any change. Anybody have any suggestions? Hitting it with a hammer? Shall I bundle it up and just send it off to Stephen Lee in Solms? This is very inconvenient because I am in Canada and am certain I won't get the camera back before returning to Hong Kong. Any suggestions to affect an in-the-field repair are welcomed. Cheers, Howard (grumpy in Muskoka and thinking about becoming a Nikon digital photographer again)