Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like it needs fixing. My M8 has never done this, in fact of all the things people have mentioned the only thing I have experienced is profound underexposure if I shoot immediately after switching on. It has happened twice. Frank D On 10 Nov, 2009, at 07:53, Tarek Charara wrote: > Dante, > > I agree 100%. The M8 is slow in writing to the card in a sequence > and locks up very easily. Even worse, when the camera locks up, the > only way to unlock it is to take out the battery for a few seconds > resulting in the loss of (up to) 10 pictures. At least that's what > happens with my M8. > I use the M for 95% of my work, so there is no digital alternative > for the time being. I bough a small flash, the 24D for the Leica and > noticed that sometimes the flash didn't trigger. I first thought it > was the flash unit, now I know it's the M8... > > The lock up problem and losing 10 pictures is a real PITA. > > All the best from the south of France! > > Tarek > > ------------------------------------------------- > Tarek Charara > <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com> > > NO ARCHIVE > > > On 10 nov. 09, at 02:26, Dante Stella wrote: > >> Mark, this is not about raw speed - though I know that makes for a >> better straw-man. >> >> 1. David Keenan is dead-on correct about the M8/M9 architecture, >> which has a long shutter lag (six times that of an M3 and double >> that of a D3), is slow to a second shot (should/when you need one), >> and can lock up fairly easily taking repeated shots, even without >> mashing down the shutter button on continuous. I have years of >> experience with this on the M8 and agree with Keenan that >> unresponsiveness - particularly on a first shot - is inexcusable. >> This is even more the case where a camera allegedly is designed to >> capture some "decisive moment." >> >> 2. Two things that didn't get mentioned (and hopefully these have >> not carried on to the M9) are (a) the tendency of the M8 to wildly >> overexpose if the shutter is pressed too quickly when the meter is >> "waking up" - apparently a bad habit carried over with the M7 meter >> - and (b) the tendency not to fire the flash at all if the shutter >> is tripped too quickly after the shutter is first pressed. Then go >> to #1 above for the slow recovery from the resulting missed shot. >> >> If the M9 is in any way worse than an M8 in responsiveness, it's a >> fail. I don't believe that a camera should have any ability to >> second-guess, ask for a "do-over," or be asleep on the job when I >> need it. >> >> The decision when and if to take a picture is not an exercise for a >> committee. >> >> Unless that committee is a committee of one. >> >> Me. >> >> Dante >> >> ____________ >> Dante Stella >> http://www.dantestella.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information