Another failure - M8

[freddylarsen]

Have anybody experienced this with the M8 ? In every picture taken indoors with fluorescent light? Outdoor NO problem.
2 days ago I got exactly the same problem as Sean Reid -

http://www.leica-camera-user.com/dig...oh-me-too.html
I have now sent the camera back to my dealer in Oslo, and they have promised me to
send a new camera.

Freddy Larsen
Norway

[guy_mancuso]

Looks like you have a light leak and it is reflecting the sensor, what lens and did you try other lenses

[freddylarsen]

50 mm summicron - iso 320, but I have the same problem even with iso 160 - as I mention, I don´t have this problem shooting outdoor - only when I´m shooting indoor with
fluorescent light.

Freddy Larsen
Norway

[blakley]

Wow, that is exceedingly strange. Does look like some sort of internal reflection.

[guy_mancuso]

Yes it does . Do you have a different lens to try and where you fully mounted

[scott kirkpatrick]

Those are little cells of pattern noise, not internal reflections which would have rounder edges.
How are you setting your white balance? AWB or manually setting the WB to tungsten when indoors, to daylight when outdoors. WB seems like the thing which would be strictly different when outdoors vs indoors.

Depending on your practices with white balance, you might shoot outside with tungsten white balance or whatever the EXIF tells you you have indoors) and see if the problem moves outdoors then. (If you still have access to the camera.)

scott

[guy_mancuso]

Freddy blow up your outdoor shots on screen to about 200 percent and look around

[freddylarsen]

My WB on auto - indoors/outdoors. I have only the 50 mm Summicron, but have in order the 21mm Elmarit and 35mm Summicron.

Freddy Larsen
Norway

[trs]

I remember getting similar affect while I was in Paris with my Fuji S2Pro. It turned out to be low battery. Would it be that in this case?

-tanka

[guy_mancuso]

Maybe something may be wrong with the 50 cron not sure but I would inspect it. Not sure what you have going on but always good to do the process of elimination. Glad the dealer is sending a new M8 . Keep us posted

[freddylarsen]

Guy, I have tried everything - up and down, but the same thing is happening all the time - remember I also got the same problem as Sean Reid described in his thread http://www.leica-camera-user.com/dig...oh-me-too.html My M8 is sent away.

Thanks for your comments.

Freddy Larsen
Norway

[guy_mancuso]

Weird stuff

[Iron Flatline]

Sheesh, I swear I'm afraid to touch my camera these days. I'm just waiting for something to wrong with it....

[Riley]

it surely is pretty weird
is it only that light source
i notice an overhead spot reflecting on the glass
prismatic aberation ?

consistent clue is the size of the aberation
and a set of colours

[atufte]

Originally Posted by freddylarsen

My WB on auto - indoors/outdoors. I have only the 50 mm Summicron, but have in order the 21mm Elmarit and 35mm Summicron.

Freddy Larsen
Norway

Hello Freddy

Sorry to hear about your problems, very scary indeed....

If you live in Oslo you can try out some of my lenses, they work
fine on my M8, i have CV15, Summicron 35/2, Elmarit-90/2.8
and a Summicron 50/2 like you... let me know if i can help you
out until you get your lenses... :-)

Du finner mail adressen min her:

www.alexandertufte.com

[eronald]

Bad memory in the Jpeg processor ?

Edmund

[guy_mancuso]

Not sure i would rule anything out on this one. This one certainly takes the oh crap that is the weird award.

[sean_reid]

Visually, this is probably my favorite of the quirks so far. <G> It's either surrealism or a message from space men.

Cheers,

Sean

[jrc]

You know, as a fan of a certain kind of contemporary art, I kinda liked the potential shown here...

JC

[sean_reid]

Originally Posted by jrc

You know, as a fan of a certain kind of contemporary art, I kinda liked the potential shown here...

JC

I was thinking that someone might want that specific camera just so it will show those patterns. Also, perhaps the failure here is not so much the camera but more our inability to decode what the spacemen are trying to tell us in these pictures. Where's Duchamp when we need him?

Cheers,

Sean