steve70 Posted January 17, 2010 Share #1 Posted January 17, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Turned my M9 last night at a social function and touched the shutter button to activate; a strange "Whirrr" sound started, sort like if the hard drive or DVD/CD drive on a computer was going bad, sort of like if a motor drive or winder was going bad. Turned power off but it did not stop. Had to remove battery for it to stop. Replaced battery and problem persisted, tried 5 or 6 times to no avail. Finally gave up and set the camera down. After about 10 minutes I turned it on again and it was OK. Took 1/2 dozen photos and it started again. Set the camera down, waited about 10 minutes and it was fine. Any ideas?, send it back to Leica? the camera is barely 1 month old! Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lars_bergquist Posted January 17, 2010 Share #2 Posted January 17, 2010 I had that problem once with my M8. It was quite cold and the battery was low. I also think that it had come to the end of its useful life, but that can't be the case with your M9. The old man from the Carbon-Zinc Age Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t024484 Posted January 18, 2010 Share #3 Posted January 18, 2010 Looks as if the the switch that tells the camera that the recocking of the shutter is ready, is malfunctioning. The recocking goes on and on for that reason. Should be repaired by Leica. Hans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 18, 2010 Share #4 Posted January 18, 2010 I would certainly send it to Leica. From your description it sounds like a shutter problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve70 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted January 18, 2010 Thank you. WIll call Leica this AM. I do know that the battery was at about 85% charge and that it was at room temperature. It is working OK now, but non the less! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve70 Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted January 19, 2010 News update; Called Leica yesterday AM, and was told that they had never heard of that before, but to send it in and they would try to have it back in a couple of weeks. Perhaps I should not of have sold my Canon 5D Mark II ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noah_addis Posted January 19, 2010 Share #7 Posted January 19, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) My M8s would occasionally have a similar problem...but not my M9s. Yet. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michali Posted January 20, 2010 Share #8 Posted January 20, 2010 News update;Called Leica yesterday AM, and was told that they had never heard of that before, but to send it in and they would try to have it back in a couple of weeks. Steve sorry to hear about your M9 problem. Where are you located, and which Leica service centre did you call? I recently stupidly dropped my M9 and sent it to Leica Germany for RF readjustment. Leica sent me an email undertaking that the maximum repair time on any M9 is 5 days. They turned mine around in 2 days and I had it back in Africa within 7 days of sending it to Germany. My point is that it's unacceptable, dare I say dismissive of them to tell you a couple of weeks. If you are in the US it may be worth your while to contact Leica CS in Germany and courier the camera to them rather. If you do go this route make sure that the courier company sorts out re-importation papers for US Customs prior to shipping to Germany. I saved myself a lot of headaches by ensuring this was done with South African Customs, who are an absolute nightmare to deal with! They all try their luck with wanting to charge import duty again; SA customs still jerked me around for 2 days. Thankfully my paperwork was in order for the camera's return from Germany. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhoersch Posted January 20, 2010 Share #9 Posted January 20, 2010 Turned my M9 last night at a social function and touched the shutter button to activate; a strange "Whirrr" sound started, sort like if the hard drive or DVD/CD drive on a computer was going bad, sort of like if a motor drive or winder was going bad.Turned power off but it did not stop. Had to remove battery for it to stop. Replaced battery and problem persisted, tried 5 or 6 times to no avail. Finally gave up and set the camera down. After about 10 minutes I turned it on again and it was OK. Took 1/2 dozen photos and it started again. Set the camera down, waited about 10 minutes and it was fine. Any ideas?, send it back to Leica? the camera is barely 1 month old! Thanks. I will probably be severely reprimanded by Jaap for saying this , but that's a well known mechanical problem of the silliest of all camera switches, the M8's main switch, which Leica in their never ending wisdom carried over to the M9 - where it fails just as well as in the M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t024484 Posted January 20, 2010 Share #10 Posted January 20, 2010 It is not the main switch that is causing this problem. Eather a permanent magnet that should lock the shutter once cocked is too weak, or an optical switch is malfunctioning. Hans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 20, 2010 Share #11 Posted January 20, 2010 I will probably be severely reprimanded by Jaap for saying this , but that's a well known mechanical problem of the silliest of all camera switches, the M8's main switch, which Leica in their never ending wisdom carried over to the M9 - where it fails just as well as in the M8. No- it is probably one of the shutter lever switches failing to engage. I have never heard of a failing main switch though, not a reprimand , just interested, did yours fail? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve70 Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share #12 Posted January 20, 2010 Thank you all. The M9 went back to Leica in the USA where it was purchased. I have been Emailing back and forth with them. They keep on asking if I included a note with the body, SN., problem, etc. Even though they received it yeaterday, according to UPS, and signed for!. Tipical right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing!. I will call them and request a bit of faster service, even though they told me that 2 weeks is rather fast for them. I was going tosend them my 50 f 1. and Tri Elmar E 55 for coding, but they told me a minimun of 8 weeks, possibly longer and at $165.00 per lens I believe. So I sent them in to Don Goldberg at $89.00? each and had them back in a bit over 2 weeks and that is with Christmas in between. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhoersch Posted January 20, 2010 Share #13 Posted January 20, 2010 No- it is probably one of the shutter lever switches failing to engage. I have never heard of a failing main switch though, not a reprimand , just interested, did yours fail? No, mine didn't, but I know two M8 owners whose did. And I seem to remember having read many times on this forum about something failing to engage. I thought it was part of the switch assembly - my error. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve70 Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share #14 Posted January 22, 2010 Thank you all, here's an update; Spoke with Leica service and they said that they could not duplicate the problem, but did not say as to what they were going to do about it. Got the impression that they were just going to send it back!. I did mention that I posted the issue on this forum and that a few M8 owners had experienced the same problem, but I got the distinctive impression that they could of cared less!. Suggestions anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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