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Subject: [Leica] IMG: annoying banding - is my M8 becoming a paper weight?
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:23:02 +0100
References: <4AE947AB-AF74-4E4A-B0AE-DA96FB5D330A@frozenlight.eu> <4ed4a6072d11cd785d81d32d7900ac18.squirrel@emailmg.globat.com>

Have you tried another card?
Was the camera/card exposed to a magnetic field?
Could it be static electricity forming?

Prior to sending it to its German fathers I'd try to check on that

Godd luck Nathan

Philippe

Le 24 janv. 11 ? 08:36, afirkin at afirkin.com a ?crit :

>
>> Just unloaded a memory card with about 60 Leica M8 images. Of  
>> those, four
>> had annoying banding such as this one:
>>
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1166286723_jgdU7-O-LB
>>
>> This is the first time I have seen this since buying the M8 in  
>> December
>> 2008. I suppose I should concluded that Leica's quality control is
>> precisely tuned so that the thing starts acting up just after the 2- 
>> year
>> warranty expires.
>>
>> Has anyone else encountered a similar problem? If this gets worse,  
>> I will
>> have to send the M8 to Solms, good thing I have my GF-1....
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan (not a happy camper this Monday morning)
>
> sometimes get band with bright highlights: mine is the M8 un- 
> updated, but
> I've not seen the "pin-striped" effect.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair (never happy always cheerful ;-) )
>
>
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