Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/11

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Subject: [Leica] Another M8 malfunction, this time with the thumbwheel
From: joseph at yao.com (Joseph Yao)
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:49:38 +0800

Common M8 problem.  Is your M8 an early one?  I have sent several M8s back
to the factory with the same problem.

Joseph


On 11/03/2010 6:54 PM, "Peter Cheyne" <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> In the last couple of days my thumbwheel has been playing up.  I take
> a shot, sometimes want to check focus, and turn the wheel.
> Then... sometimes nothing happens.  Or... it zooms in once.  Then
> nothing.  Then click-turn again and it zooms back out to where it was,
> and all the turning will not get it any closer in than one click
> usually gives.
> Ach.  When I try the thumbwheel in the menu I get the same problem.
> It goes down one menu level with one click, nothing the next, then up
> back to the top level with the next click, and so on like that, up and
> down only for the first two choices. At least I can use the up and
> down keys for the menu.
> 
> Every now and again, it will zoom in properly, but then it
> malfunctions again, most of the time.
> 
> Anyone else had this?
> 
> Peter Cheyne
> 
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