Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, could your problem have something to do with the auto DX reader and you might be thinking you have set the ISO manually? On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > I left the batteries out of the M7 overnight and all day, as someone > suggested, but then the same problem happens. Auto doesn't fire at all; > 1/250th doesn't fire at all; 1/50th fires at 1/8th; 1/30th fires at > 1/8th;1/15th fires at 1s; 1/8th fires at 2s, with the LED counting down; > 1/4 > works as Bulb, it even counts up in the LED display; 1/2 works as 1/2; 1s > works as 1/1000th; 2s doesn't fire at all; 4s fires as 1/500; Bulbs works > as > 2s, counting down the LED. > > Looks like something went wrong in the electronics. It hasn't been in the > rain. I ran a roll of Fujichrome through it about a week or two ago. They > all turned out fine. Looks like the thing just went kaput a couple of > weeks > past my buyer's warranty. > > I paid 195,000 yen for the M7, used, from a store in Japan. I suppose I > should send the thing to Leica Tokyo and ask for a diagnosis and quote. > > I'm really disappointed with it right now.... > > Peter Cheyne > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA