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Subject: [Leica] M8 Shutter Fault, Help!
From: lindnich at tesco.net (lindnich@tesco.net)
Date: Wed Apr 16 10:18:26 2008
References: <200802231801.m1NI1CKo021075@server1.waverley.reid.org> <47C0AC2A.9070705@concentric.net> <002401c87675$e922c3c0$6401a8c0@asus930> <BAY140-W27078A5DE8EE56D1E8DEBCC71F0@phx.gbl>

Hello Javier,

To be fair on the M8 in question it was dropped on a marble floor and
slid across it   for several metres, a week or so ago. It is not known
weather this caused some damage inside the camera which has led on to
the shutter prob.

Gordon

Sunday, February 24, 2008, 12:41:30 AM, you wrote:

JP> Wow!
JP>  
JP> I've been in obsolete camera heaven too long!
JP> I had no idea M8 shuitters could derail so easily.
JP> I have gotten swabs stuck in EOSes a few times
JP> and they do jam, but removing the swab and then  
JP> pulling and reinserting battery resets them just fine. 
JP> To make things worse the M8 inquestion failed all by itself!
JP>  
JP> Anyway, back to the isssue at hand. I had not read the original
JP> post. If it's under warrantee i wouldn't touch it or I would
JP> do so making sure not to leave any evidence of tampering.
JP>  
JP> Javier
>> From: hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> To: lug@leica-users.org> Subject: RE: 
>> [Leica] M8 Shutter Fault, Help!> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:43:37 +1000> > 
>> Tina, maybe you have already decided. I can imagine your frustration at 
>> the fault developing.> I am apparently a lone voice here, but...> As it 
>> is under warranty I would NOT attempt to fix it myself. Yes you might get 
>> lucky, but I ask you to consider the situation where> the Leica 
>> technician looks at your faulty shutter and can see that there has been 
>> mechanical contact. However unfair people may> consider that, they could 
>> refuse a warranty claim in this case. > For example LFI reports M8's 
>> arriving for repair where the shutter closed during sensor cleaning. This 
>> is attributed to people using> 'B' instead of the menu 'sensor clean' 
>> selection. Yes I understand that there is already mechanical damage to 
>> your shutter and you> may not make it worse..> Best of luck getting it 
>> resolved. I would be shooting with whatever else you packed until you get 
>> home.> Cheers> Geoff> > -----Original Message-----> Subject: Re: [Leica] 
>> M8 Shutter Fault, Help!> > Tina writes from India:> > > My intrepid M8 
>> locked up this morning while I was shooting photos > > from a boat in 
>> southern India. No, I didn't drop it in the water! I > > was using the 
>> 75/1.4 lens and when I pressed the shutter button, > > instead of going 
>> snkclk, the M8 just went snk and "Shutter Fault" > > showed up on the 
>> screen. When I removed the lens, I could see that > > the bottom edge of 
>> the top blade of the shutter is stuck slightly > > behind the top edge of 
>> the second blade. It looks like I could just > > flip the edge up and 
>> over and everything would be fine, but my > > business manager insists 
>> that I write to the LUG for advice before I > > touch anything inside the 
>> M8. I'm used to making repairs on my film > > M's but haven't attempted 
>> much inside the digital ones. We have four > > more days in India and I'd 
>> hate not to have my M8 for Mumbai.> > > > Has anybody seen this fault and 
>> fixed it? TIA for any advice.> > Unfortunately: yes I have seen it, and 
>> no I did not fix it.> > If memory serves (a sometime thing) that sounds 
>> *exactly* like what > happened to my first M8 last May after around 30 
>> days of ownership. I > remember discussing it with SonC and some others 
>> via email at the time > (it of course happened on a weekend, but I was at 
>> a dog show in Shawnee > Oklahoma, not half a world away) and I thought I 
>> had a photo of the hung > up shutter but I can't now find it. What 
>> happened, after some phone > calls that Monday, I wound up shipping it to 
>> Leica NJ and they replaced it.> > Now this is the hazy part: I vaguely 
>> remember a later phone > conversation with Robert Fisk (who was then in 
>> the service department, I > understand he has since departed Leica) about 
>> whether I could have fixed > it myself and he said 'no'.> > Having said 
>> that, if I were in your situation I would give it a try > anyway, as has 
>> previously been discussed.> > Good luck!> > --Bob> > > 
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-- 
Best wishes,
 lindnich                            mailto:lindnich@tesco.net



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