Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted July 22, 2015 Share #1 Posted July 22, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) On quite a few occasions I have run into the issue that I will lock on with AF then press the shutter to take the picture but nothing happens. To fix I either switch off/on or hold my hand in front of the lens and change the focus point then focus again and shoot. Has this happened to anyone else, and if so is there an easy fix like change something in my settings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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albertknappmd Posted July 22, 2015 Share #2 Posted July 22, 2015 I have not had that issue but it sounds like the camera should go back to the dealer and then on to Wetzlar. Make sure they supply you with a loaner even if you have to give a minatory speech!! Albert :rolleyes: Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sortvitt Posted July 23, 2015 Share #3 Posted July 23, 2015 Mine behaved the same way when using AF. Not sure what the issue was, but it was as if it wouldn't trigger if it couldn't get an AF lock. I changed my setup to manual focus with AF on the joystick and haven't had any problems since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted July 23, 2015 Share #4 Posted July 23, 2015 I've been using MF rear button set up off the get go. I will look at my settings again Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McMaster Posted July 23, 2015 Share #5 Posted July 23, 2015 So you are using the rear button for MF, do you then release this button to take the shot? john Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted July 23, 2015 Share #6 Posted July 23, 2015 So you are using the rear button for MF, do you then release this button to take the shot? john Yes John Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McMaster Posted July 23, 2015 Share #7 Posted July 23, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Try keeping the button pressed in (MF) while you take the shot, I have an S2-P so things may be different, it may be that the AF wanted a different focus point and it will not take a shot without focus... john Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted July 23, 2015 Share #8 Posted July 23, 2015 I have the S2 and use MF with the rear button assigned for AF. I release the button before recomposing and shutter release. That is really the logic behind having the camera in MF. That focus won't shift until you press the rear button (joystick for the S I guess) or of course move the lens focus ring.I think that I'm about 7000 exposures in with this camera body. Twice (occasions) over last year or so I have had the experience when the shutter release wouldn't seem to work. I attributed it to not physically pressing the button straight when holding the camera differently. My theory only. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Black Posted July 24, 2015 Share #9 Posted July 24, 2015 On quite a few occasions I have run into the issue that I will lock on with AF then press the shutter to take the picture but nothing happens. To fix I either switch off/on or hold my hand in front of the lens and change the focus point then focus again and shoot. Has this happened to anyone else, and if so is there an easy fix like change something in my settings? I have had the same happen on three different S-006's. It's somewhat random but most likely to happen when the camera has gone to sleep (timed out) and then was re-awaken via a shutter press. The camera will focus and operate normally, but refuses to fire the shutter. I can press 1 time or 20 times - nada... AF was set to the rear button. I've also tried setting AF to shutter release button and that did not help. To clear the issue, simply manually focus on something and then auto focus on something and shutter is good to go. I've also noticed when this happens, the focus confirmation beeps will be delayed by 2-3 seconds. I've never needed to pull the battery. Suspecting it might be an memory card thing, I tried multiple CF and SDHC cards, and that made no difference. This also happened prior (and after) firmware 2.4.1.0, so it's not a new issue. And it is happened with fully charged batteries (so probably not a power issue). My current S-006 is at Solms and this is one of the issues I listed. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted July 24, 2015 Share #10 Posted July 24, 2015 I have had the same happen on three different S-006's. It's somewhat random but most likely to happen when the camera has gone to sleep (timed out) and then was re-awaken via a shutter press. The camera will focus and operate normally, but refuses to fire the shutter. I can press 1 time or 20 times - nada... AF was set to the rear button. I've also tried setting AF to shutter release button and that did not help. To clear the issue, simply manually focus on something and then auto focus on something and shutter is good to go. I've also noticed when this happens, the focus confirmation beeps will be delayed by 2-3 seconds. I've never needed to pull the battery. Suspecting it might be an memory card thing, I tried multiple CF and SDHC cards, and that made no difference. This also happened prior (and after) firmware 2.4.1.0, so it's not a new issue. And it is happened with fully charged batteries (so probably not a power issue). My current S-006 is at Solms and this is one of the issues I listed. Thanks for the feedback John.........I am going to stick with what I have and see if Leica come up with a software update to fix the problem as I want to take pictures not send it back to Somalia Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott997 Posted August 3, 2015 Share #11 Posted August 3, 2015 On quite a few occasions I have run into the issue that I will lock on with AF then press the shutter to take the picture but nothing happens. To fix I either switch off/on or hold my hand in front of the lens and change the focus point then focus again and shoot. Has this happened to anyone else, and if so is there an easy fix like change something in my settings? On a type 006? The camera is buffering the contents of your memory card. Known firmware flaw. Suggest shooting with smaller cards and replacing more frequently as a work around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott997 Posted August 5, 2015 Share #12 Posted August 5, 2015 Interestingly enough this was not an issue on the S2 but on the S 006 just to clarify. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted August 5, 2015 Share #13 Posted August 5, 2015 On a type 006? The camera is buffering the contents of your memory card. Known firmware flaw. Suggest shooting with smaller cards and replacing more frequently as a work around. I hadn't considered this when reading the original post. It depends on your shooting rhythm too of course. Initially I used an SHDC card as that is what I had on hand. With a fast sequence In studio I frequently hit that buffer limit with my S2.I think that the buffer is smaller than the later S bodies. Once I got much faster CF cards as the primary for DNGs I have never seen this again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted October 31, 2015 Share #14 Posted October 31, 2015 Had the same bull sh{t happen yesterday during a model shoot...........frigging embarrassing. Five minutes before the shoot I got 6 other photographers drooling over my Leica S camera system all the models just about to cream there panties then bingo....press the frigging shutter and nothing happened, one guy even made the comment "WOW you can't even hear the shutter"...............frigging nightmare.................... I wanted to craw into a corner and die :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted November 1, 2015 Share #15 Posted November 1, 2015 I had this happening on different S2 bodies. The quickest way to solve for me was simply to drop the battery and move on. It happened on my S2 before and after complete overhaul in Wetzlar, to a Wetzlar S2-P loaner and another camera I handled in a shop. I simply scratched it off the list as one of the Leica S finicky moments that do happen from time to time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted November 1, 2015 Share #16 Posted November 1, 2015 I had this happening on different S2 bodies. The quickest way to solve for me was simply to drop the battery and move on. It happened on my S2 before and after complete overhaul in Wetzlar, to a Wetzlar S2-P loaner and another camera I handled in a shop. I simply scratched it off the list as one of the Leica S finicky moments that do happen from time to time. 18 thousand dollars of shite Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erlingmm Posted November 2, 2015 Share #17 Posted November 2, 2015 This happened periodically to my S006. I heard from a Leica representative that there might be a problem with the shutter button, but for me it seemed more like the camera did not recognize focus. I was advised to set the camera in continuous mode. After that it happened on the first shot after changing leses a few times. I have seen a few others complain about it too, it should be raised with Leica. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted November 2, 2015 Share #18 Posted November 2, 2015 This really is an odd one. I made several thousand more exposures with my S2 since my first response in July. I have not experienced this issue again since seeing this about twice in first few thousand exposures. Speaking only about my own camera here. I have the rear button set to trigger AFS while in manual focus. Since these did not seem to be associated with a full buffer, I suspected that they were to do with the shutter release button design/ action. Possibly due to a different hold on the camera after some hours of holding it (not pressing the button in squarely?). My theory only. I speculate that another possible factor could be use of the AFC mode? I don't use that myself though. I never shot more than 3 or 400 frames with a loaned 006 but didn't see this issue during that weekend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddus Posted July 20, 2016 Share #19 Posted July 20, 2016 Sorry to dig this old topic up again, but have been experiencing the same thing for a few times on my S (006) now. I've had the camera for three weeks, using it with a 64 gb Sandisk SD card and planning to add a 64gb CF card to be on the safe side. The camera (not only when waking up, but more often than not on that occasion) just doesn't fire. Focus seems to work. A few times i turned it off and back on/ pulled the battery, seemed to do the trick. Also, focusing somewhere else, and then focussing on the subject again worked too. Happened to me 6-8 times in three weeks. And I'm using the M9 as my main walk around camera... (though I tend to have the S in my Backpack and pull it out sometimes) Has anyone figured anything out, or has there been any news regarding this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erlingmm Posted July 20, 2016 Share #20 Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) The problem seems to be related to the GPS, if it can't locate you, the shutter does not release, or it releases delayed when position is established. Worse the further north you are. Only S 006 affected. Try with GPS off, if you do not experience the same problem then, you just have to decide in which situations the GPS is important for you. Edited July 20, 2016 by erlingmm 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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