Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nothing seen on my first year vintage M8, just lucky I guess. gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 2:23:02 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: annoying banding - is my M8 becoming a paper weight? Have you tried another card? Was the camera/card exposed to a magnetic field? Could it be static electricity forming? Prior to sending it to its German fathers I'd try to check on that Godd luck Nathan Philippe Le 24 janv. 11 ? 08:36, afirkin at afirkin.com a ?crit : > >> Just unloaded a memory card with about 60 Leica M8 images. Of >> those, four >> had annoying banding such as this one: >> >> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1166286723_jgdU7-O-LB >> >> This is the first time I have seen this since buying the M8 in >> December >> 2008. I suppose I should concluded that Leica's quality control is >> precisely tuned so that the thing starts acting up just after the 2- >> year >> warranty expires. >> >> Has anyone else encountered a similar problem? If this gets worse, >> I will >> have to send the M8 to Solms, good thing I have my GF-1.... >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan (not a happy camper this Monday morning) > > sometimes get band with bright highlights: mine is the M8 un- > updated, but > I've not seen the "pin-striped" effect. > > Cheers > > Alastair (never happy always cheerful ;-) ) > > > _______________________________________________ > 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