[Leica] M8 fun cut short

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

On 02/01/2007, at 8:28, David Young wrote:

> Alastiar wrote:
>
>> I had an electronic shutter lock up on a trip around Europe one year.
>> Had to pack the camera away in its box. It convinced me that I could
>> not travel with only one body, so even last year in Antarctica, I
>> carried a spare 'blad body. The risk with the digital fantastics is
>> that being so expensive, you are tempted to have just one: after all,
>> you don't need b/w and colour film or fast and slow film, it all
>> comes in one package and that is why you can afford the camera in the
>> first place BUT if it fails.
>>
>> Sorry to hear of your fate: it could be an easy "re-set" as the
>> shutter was on my X700 Minolta all those years ago
>>
>> cheers
>> ---
>> Earlier,  Hugh Thompson had written:
>>
>>> The M8 locked up on me today, not just temporarily, as some have
>>> done, but completely.  I took the battery out made sure it was
>>> fully charged, and reinstalled, but it does not want to open up at
>>> all.
>>>
>>> I am waiting for the dealer to call on Tuesday, I know he will go
>>> to bat for me with the Leica rep but a replacement may be difficult
>>> to obtain.
>>>
>>> I have so enjoyed the M8 experience, and got used to carrying it
>>> around, it is even beginning to brass a little!
>>>
>>> Hugh
>
>
> You are right, Alastair! I travelled with my R8+DMR to Europe this  
> past fall, and it failed.  Fortunately, for me, it happened whilst  
> we were in Wetzlar for the LHSA meet and Leica loaned me an R9+DMR  
> for the balance of our holiday.
>
> However it convinced me, as your experience did you, that I will  
> never travel with just one body again. Especially digital! At  
> present, I'm tempted by the 4/3rds systems, for they allow a  
> smaller camera which Rose can use, but which, with an adapter, will  
> take my Leica glass, if necessary.
>
> Sorry to hear, Hugh, of your "lock up".  I had not heard of this  
> phenomenon with the M8.
>
> Cheers!
> ---
>
> David Young,
> Logan Lake, CANADA

David,
BD helped me decide on an Olympus for my 4/3 camera. I have to say  
that it was a great success in Antarctica and a great back up for the  
R/DMR. I had not thought of it that way, but I bought Helen an  
adaptor for christmas ;-)

Cheers

Alastair