Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffrey - Are you a member of Leica Professional Services? They have given me outstanding service when I contact them directly. It doesn't cost any extra. Tina On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Jefffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote: > They did indirectly. The replacement camera they sent me failed after two > weeks. Leica would not return my calls, so I just put it in the closet. The > problem with the second camera was that it would not recognize the memory > card. I tried every brand of memory card offered by BHPhoto, and it would > not recognize any of them. Then I discovered that if I rebooted the camera > by removing the battery for a few minutes, it would recognize the card, but > not if the camera was turned off and on again. So if I wanted to use it, I > would have to take the battery out before each shot. A letter to Leica USA > was ignored, so I pretty much quit photography altogether for 2 years with > the M8 locked up and waiting. When Leica came up with another firmware > upgrade last year, I installed it and it seems to have fixed the glitch. It > hasn't been a problem since then, but I've lost all confidence in Leica > USA. > > Jeffery > > > On Feb 28, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: > > > > > Jeff Smith wrote: > > > > > >> I sense that we are on the endangered species list. I use digital when I > need the results today. But walking around in a lawless > > > >> town with a $6,000 camera/lens in my hand gives me reason to pause. > >> > >> Jeffery > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com