jaapv Posted March 17, 2017 Share #21 Posted March 17, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) I doubt it I walked that path hundreds of times. It was a senior moment... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeff S Posted March 17, 2017 Share #22 Posted March 17, 2017 I doubt it I walked that path hundreds of times. It was a senior moment... My joke was in response to your joke that you blamed it on your camera's poor night vision. My, you are having some senior moments, I guess. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted March 17, 2017 Share #23 Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) But would not be repairable after six meters off a cliff Actually there are shock proof jackets available. My iPhone with simple jacket has fallen from 3 feet high to hard concrete pavement many times with no damage. Yes, if it is tumbling on rocks with sharp corners then anything can happen and if it does break then for 1800 EUR you can get a new one and more. Edited March 17, 2017 by jmahto Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Beacock Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share #24 Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) I don't know if this voids the warrant, but if it doesn't (and if I were you ) I'd try to attempt a quick fix of the rangefinder myself, using the usual method of checking infinity alignment and then check alignment at minimal focus distance, and adjust accordingly and repeat the checks until I'm satisfied that I can manage reasonably well to obtain focus (or know how much to compensate for). Just a thought~ Not a bad idea! I've searched but can't seem to find the post about how to do this. Anyone have it? Sent from my EVA-L09 using Tapatalk Edited March 25, 2017 by Daniel Beacock Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Beacock Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share #25 Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) Scratch that. Found it. Sadly it only covers horizontal calibration, whereas mine needs both horizontal and vertical correction. My guess is vertical means it definitely needs more expert hands on it than mine! Back to the mothership... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Edited March 26, 2017 by Daniel Beacock Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanetomlane Posted March 27, 2017 Share #26 Posted March 27, 2017 I've never dropped a Leica but I did manage to crush a 3 week old D800. It was fitted with a 600mm f4 lens on the back seat of the car in the Kruger. We saw a lion, I braked and the camera & lens didn't stop. The combination landed camera first and the weight of the lens crushed it. The lens was okay and I had a backup D700 so all wasn't lost. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECohen Posted March 27, 2017 Share #27 Posted March 27, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Crushing moments in photography A Hasselblad Super Wide C from 5' on to a cement factory floor.......froze like a giant paper weight. Lost a an RB67 with a eye level finder from 4 foot on the the studio floor. It exploded, glass and metal went everywhere.Notice these are cameras from the 1970's?I am so careful to be sure of hand and not in a hurry. I haven't lost a camera in decades Ooooh I probably shouldn't have said that ..........Camera straps hanging over the edge of tables drive me crazy....that's an accident waiting to happen 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted March 27, 2017 Share #28 Posted March 27, 2017 Crushing moments in photography A Hasselblad Super Wide C from 5' on to a cement factory floor.......froze like a giant paper weight. Lost a an RB67 with a eye level finder from 4 foot on the the studio floor. It exploded, glass and metal went everywhere. Notice these are cameras from the 1970's? I am so careful to be sure of hand and not in a hurry. I haven't lost a camera in decades Ooooh I probably shouldn't have said that ..........Camera straps hanging over the edge of tables drive me crazy....that's an accident waiting to happen Don't touch my stuff. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECohen Posted March 28, 2017 Share #29 Posted March 28, 2017 Don't touch my stuff. So borrowing your Noctilux this weekend is out of question ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted March 28, 2017 Share #30 Posted March 28, 2017 (edited) Hello Everybody. I have a somewhat different story. Back when the M3 was a current production camera I was sitting at the top of a cliff having lunch. I took said M3 with collapsible 90mm, F4, Elmar & MC meter out of my knapsack to get the lunch that they were sitting on. They were wrapped in a shirt for protection. While I was having lunch the camera, lens & meter, along with the shirt that they were wrapped in, fell about 25 meters down the side of the cliff. I climbed down to get the shirt since it was clear that the camera, lens & meter could not have survived all of the bumps on all of the rocks that they bounced on all of the way down. I got to the bottom & unrolled the the shirt. Everything looked fine. There was no damage to anything beyond 1 small dent on the camera body. Everything worked fine. When you go thru a "doorway": Sometimes life is just a roll of the "Cosmic Dice"*. Best Regards, Michael * Said by a Cheerleader from Villanova. Edited March 28, 2017 by Michael Geschlecht Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 28, 2017 Share #31 Posted March 28, 2017 I've never dropped a Leica but I did manage to crush a 3 week old D800. It was fitted with a 600mm f4 lens on the back seat of the car in the Kruger. We saw a lion, I braked and the camera & lens didn't stop. The combination landed camera first and the weight of the lens crushed it. The lens was okay and I had a backup D700 so all wasn't lost. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk A Lion? Hardly worth the camera . They are mostly asleep in the daytime anyway... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblutter Posted March 28, 2017 Share #32 Posted March 28, 2017 I fear reading this thread can lead to bad luck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted March 28, 2017 Share #33 Posted March 28, 2017 So borrowing your Noctilux this weekend is out of question ? If I had one I'd lend it to you. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECohen Posted March 28, 2017 Share #34 Posted March 28, 2017 I fear reading this thread can lead to bad luck! I would agree with sblutter this is a dangerous thread I haven't had any disasters in decades...I like to think its my mindfulness... but it probably just dumb luck Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albireo_double Posted March 30, 2017 Share #35 Posted March 30, 2017 I took my M9 on its first walk some years back. Was holding it with the same hand as the leashes of my two hunting dogs, while locking the gate with my other hand. As dogs always do when keen to start their walk, they pulled on the leashes and sent the brand new M9, with zero shutter actuations, down 3 feet to an asphalt road. There was a small dent in the bottom plate but the camera worked fine and focused all lenses with no problems. I swapped the bottom plate for the one with the grip the next day which allowed me to forget about the incident and my dogs got fed again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cami Posted March 30, 2017 Share #36 Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) After 3 years of careful ownership I have finally managed to drop my M240, and not once, but twice, in the space of about 2 minutes!! At least it took you 3 years... barely two weeks after buying it my M-D went flying into the floor but survived (lesson is I should never drink too many beers and then try to take pictures) - so glad Leica M cameras are built like tanks! Edited March 30, 2017 by Cami 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECohen Posted March 30, 2017 Share #37 Posted March 30, 2017 At least it took you 3 years... barely two weeks after buying it my M-D went flying into the floor but survived (lesson is I should never drink too many beers and then try to take pictures) - so glad Leica M cameras are built like tanks! LOL +1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted March 30, 2017 Share #38 Posted March 30, 2017 At least it took you 3 years... barely two weeks after buying it my M-D went flying into the floor but survived (lesson is I should never drink too many beers and then try to take pictures) - so glad Leica M cameras are built like tanks! I moved to Leica M mainly because I like to take pictures when I have had few drinks... There... I confess. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Beacock Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share #39 Posted April 7, 2017 Hmmm... looks like it may not just be rangefinder alignment after all. It has started behaving strangely by just switching itself off occasionally whilst shooting. Plus one of my two batteries gets stuck in the body when I try to eject it. I have a horrible feeling the switching off is going to be an intermittent fault that will be hard to replicate and track down.... Would something like that show up in diagnostic tests? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted April 8, 2017 Share #40 Posted April 8, 2017 Hmmm... looks like it may not just be rangefinder alignment after all. It has started behaving strangely by just switching itself off occasionally whilst shooting. Plus one of my two batteries gets stuck in the body when I try to eject it..... You could have two entirely unrelated failures at the same time. It's quite possible that one of the two batteries has grown in girth. If that is the case, you should not use it anymore as it is past its useful days. Try and see if the camera shuts itself down with the thicker battery only or with both of them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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