[Leica] brain dead M-D

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

My lowly Fuji X cameras have a menu setting for "high performance" that 
precludes the auto shut-down, and eats batteries.  I'm OK with turning 
the camera on again when I want to shoot.  It doesn't seem like much of 
a sacrifice.

Ken



On 6/6/2016 4:05 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> The only one of my cameras (have about 30 of them now - down from 60 
> but almost all are film) that has auto shut-off is my Fuji X100S. I 
> thought that it's a fairly recent development as I'd never seen the 
> feature before, so I'm gradually letting the auto shut-off wean me in 
> its direction. The only problem is when I use a camera that needs to 
> be turned off after I've finished with it, I sometimes forget to do so 
> - a king sized pain in the arse when the battery dies.
>
> The thing I thought weird about the M-D was the lack of rear screen. 
> How did you find that arrangement, did you miss the screen, Dave?
>
> Douglas
>
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lykes Keenan" 
> <ausdlk at gmail.com>
> To: "LUGers" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 6:34 AM
> Subject: [Leica] brain dead M-D
>
>
>> no auto shutoff? two expected dead batteries in less than 5 days 
>> (maybe 25
>> exposures?) -- brain dead Leica strikes again, completely ruined my 
>> joy of
>> ownership, almost as unforgivable as the broken toy sound of the M8's
>> shutter, my M-D is going back and i'm not likely to give it a second 
>> chance
>> .
>> Dave.
>>
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