Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've had a huge amount of trouble with my M7, but still love it. The shutter is by far the quietest M shutter. A lot of things could have happened, but don't discount the ISO control because if it gets dirty enough or disconnected moving it won't make any difference; the camera can still misbehave. Good luck with getting it fixed; my M7 has never been especially expensive to have repaired. Marty On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks Frank and Sonny for your suggestions. > > I opened a brand new CR 3V battery and put it the the M7. ?I went in > search of another, as it takes two of those. ?Couldn't find one in camera > or electrical stores! ?I ordered one from Amazon and should have it soon. > ?I did buy 2 brand new 1.5 V cells. ?Still, the M7 has the same weird > faults making it unusable. > > I think a lot of people know the M7 is the least reliable M, but it's not > said very loudly because... well, we want these cameras to have some > resale value! > > The DX coding problem is not related to this case. ?With no film in the > camera, this fault also occurs. ?Doesn't matter if I manually set the ISO > on the back, or leave it at DX, which, when empty or with unmarked film > defaults to 100. > > It's a weird problem. ?250 doesn't work at all, 8 seconds works as bulb, > auto not working at all, etc. > > I don't 'heart' my M7 right now! > > Peter Cheyne > Peter Cheyne > > Mobile:(+81) 080-3959-1924 geordiepete at softbank.ne.jp > > Work (& all post): > > 1405, Kano, > Kiyotake-cho, > Miyazaki-gun, > 889-1605, > Japan. > > Home: (+81) 985-58-4377 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >