Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/05

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M8 problems
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sat May 5 20:58:56 2007

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 
> 
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