Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/13

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Subject: [Leica] A bad couple of hours
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:10:08 -0500
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Herb,

That feature is required for sales to "rich oligarchs", Leica's target 
customers.  ;~))

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 11:00 PM
Subject: [Leica] A bad couple of hours


>I just had the s---t scared out of me. I took the SD card out of my M9 and 
>processed a few shots in LR4. I put the card back in the camera and 
>reformatted it. I then noticed that the main menu cycled through only about 
>eight alternatives and the ISO button on the left was inoperative.
>
> I was just about to think about re-installing the firmware into my 
> "busted" camera when I noticed that the camera had somehow (mea culpa) 
> gotten into "snapshot mode".
>
> Now why in hell would anyone who spent $7000 on a camera want to put it 
> into an idiot point-and-shoot mode? I can just barely accept the fact that 
> there is an option for the camera to output .jpg although I can't image 
> using it myself. But snapshot mode !#$&^%$#!#$^%#$!!!!!
>
> Herb
>
> Herb
>
> -- 
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
>
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>
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