Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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> > > _________________________________! > ______________> Leica Users Group.> See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information> > > > > _______________________________________________> Leica Users Group.> See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > JP> _________________________________________________________________ > JP> Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail?-get > your "fix". > JP> http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx > JP> _______________________________________________ > JP> Leica Users Group. > JP> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > Best wishes, > lindnich mailto:lindnich@tesco.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey