Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M8 problems
From: eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi)
Date: Sun May 6 06:44:35 2007
References: <050620070358.4726.463D52720004936100001276219791336303010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <C4678CF1-E881-458B-9CCD-16C3599E57BF@charter.net>

Never one glitch (just a quickly replaced toast charger after two  
month's use) with my M8 since January 7th, when I received it. Near  
4000 pics through it . Actually in the middle of the financial  
engineering to purchase a second body sometime this 2007

Ed

El 06/05/2007, a las 01:04, Slobodan Dimitrov escribi?:

> You must have the RRR+ model.
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov
>
>
>
>
> On May 5, 2007, at 8:58 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
>
>> Don't know, mine has been mechanically and electronically perfect  
>> since day one.
>>
>> gene
>>
>> -------------- Original message from Lawrence Zeitlin  
>> <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>: --------------
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On May 5, 2007, at 10:04 PM, Jeffery wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I took my esteemed M8 to a restaurant last night to show Dennis
>>>>> Couvillion. Much to my dismay, all attempts to use it resulted in
>>>>> "err" in the viewfinder, a small beep, and the words "shutter  
>>>>> fault"
>>>>> on the LCD. I thought it might be a low battery, so I charged it
>>>>> overnight. Same thing. Someone on one of the forums had suggested
>>>>> reinstalling the latest firmware. No help there either.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any of you have this problem to date?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeffery Smith
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't really understand why Leica is having problems with the M8's
>>> electronics. Digital cameras have been around for a dozen years,  
>>> some
>>> with a degree of complexity far exceeding that. of the M8. I've  
>>> taken
>>> over 4000 photos with my Oly 500 DSLR with never a glitch. My son  
>>> has
>>> a Canon 10D and claims that it is a paragon of reliability. Leica
>>> could have easily bought the electronics package and software from
>>> one of its sometime partners, say Panasonic or Kodak, merged it with
>>> the Leica mechanicals and had a decent camera from the get go.  
>>> What's
>>> with Leica?
>>>
>>> Larry Z
>>>
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In reply to: Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com) ([Leica] Re: M8 problems)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] Re: M8 problems)