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Subject: [Leica] M8 Shutter Fault, Help!
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Thu Apr 17 17:46:58 2008
References: <200802231801.m1NI1CKo021075@server1.waverley.reid.org> <47C0AC2A.9070705@concentric.net> <002401c87675$e922c3c0$6401a8c0@asus930> <BAY140-W27078A5DE8EE56D1E8DEBCC71F0@phx.gbl> <10610361083.20080224094449@tesco.net>

the old standard for leica toughness was 25,000 feet
from a mach 2 fighter.

for those not familiar with this part  of the leica canon 
(sorry for the pun), google "leica sl2 phantom"

-rei


On Feb24 09:44, lindnich@tesco.net wrote:
> 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 u!
>  ntil 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.> > Unf
> ortunately: 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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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey



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