pgk Posted March 10, 2010 Share #1 Posted March 10, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) There have been many threads detailing 'problems' with the M8 and detailing possible suggestions for preventing them. Having read many of them I though that I'd just jot down a few of my own shooting habits:D. I often shoot until the camera stops working - I forget to view the battery check and it simply runs out of power. I sometimes switch off then on then off quickly whilst deciding whether to take a shot. I switch it off whilst its still writing to the card. I forget to protect it in the cold and have to wear gloves to use it. I shoot with the discrete setting and continuous (having pushed the switch too far). Perhaps I'm unique in being haphazard and forgetful in sticking to best practice. On the other hand I do the same with my dSLRs. So far my M8 has happily ignored all my bad practice and continued to work fine (except for when it was dropped and developed a rattle - repaired at Solms, developed a line after this, again repaired, all under passport warranty).Personally, I'm of the opinion that the M8 is a fundamentally fine design with some clear exceptions:). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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epand56 Posted March 10, 2010 Share #2 Posted March 10, 2010 Paul, I agree with you. Any time the M8 gave me troubles it was my fault. I'm very, very happy with it and very satisfied with the results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted March 10, 2010 Share #3 Posted March 10, 2010 +1 My experience exactly; all problems -> myself to blame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleeman Posted March 11, 2010 Share #4 Posted March 11, 2010 Me3 I'd like to add Cheap China Batteries to the list. They run short too fast, show false charges and generally let me down. The two chop stix versions I have would be 2/3 of the price of a real Leica Battery and I would be much happier and not find myself standing on a bridge over a large river leaning against a support beam trying to change out the battery for a real Leica one because the camera stopped shooting. Lee Friends don't let friends shoot on cheap batteries.!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bybrett Posted March 11, 2010 Share #5 Posted March 11, 2010 Nice thread. Try taking the bottom plate off when the camera is on... how to annoy your digital M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big T Posted March 12, 2010 Share #6 Posted March 12, 2010 Shooting with the lens cap on..... Ddddoooooooohhhh (as Homer would say). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidereye Posted March 12, 2010 Share #7 Posted March 12, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Shooting with the lens cap on..... Ddddoooooooohhhh (as Homer would say). And anyone who say's they have never done that when using an RF camera at some time is a liar! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleeman Posted March 17, 2010 Share #8 Posted March 17, 2010 Gathering 25 people together for a group shot, getting them all in place turning on the camera and then when you push the shutter button you notice the playback on the back of the camera counting down from 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, .... Dang those self timer / power switch settings. Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted March 18, 2010 Share #9 Posted March 18, 2010 Gathering 25 people together for a group shot, getting them all in place turning on the camera and then when you push the shutter button you notice the playback on the back of the camera counting down from 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, .... Dang those self timer / power switch settings. Lee Lol - happened to me a few times also - not with gathered people though. I don't know, which bright head had the brilliant idea, to put a drive mode selector INTO an of/off switch and afterwards twiddling with stronger detents of said messed up switch positions, to make things even more obtrusive instead of simply going back to what works best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfokevin Posted March 18, 2010 Share #10 Posted March 18, 2010 Stalking Kitty is ok... Dress up is a no no... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StenSture Posted December 17, 2010 Share #11 Posted December 17, 2010 What a nice thread! I thought I was the only one doing these things! Beeing new to RF I have photographed the inside of the lenscap more than once... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted December 17, 2010 Share #12 Posted December 17, 2010 What a nice thread! I thought I was the only one doing these things! Beeing new to RF I have photographed the inside of the lenscap more than once... Happens to me at least a couple of times per year. I wouldn't mind if the waiting and processing time wouldn't be so long... Dirk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted December 17, 2010 Share #13 Posted December 17, 2010 Gathering 25 people together for a group shot, getting them all in place turning on the camera and then when you push the shutter button you notice the playback on the back of the camera counting down from 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, .... Dang those self timer / power switch settings. Lee Luckily I always keep th self timer on 2 seconds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 18, 2010 Share #14 Posted December 18, 2010 Being in too much of a hurry to change lenses and forgetting to turn the M8 off. It isn't going to particularly annoy the camera but apparently the sensor retains a static electrical charge when it's turned on that will pull dust off Mars. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted December 18, 2010 Share #15 Posted December 18, 2010 Pete, this might well be a valid point in theory, but should not make a big impact in practice, as the shutter is closed (except of course, you are changing lenses while shooting bulb or having the lens cleaning mode activated ;-) ). I do make wild lens changes with all my cameras and do not see excessive dust issues, even with the Nikon "dust magnet" D3, which is notoriously known for it's affinity to dot's in blue skies ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramosa Posted December 30, 2010 Share #16 Posted December 30, 2010 Shooting with the lens cap on..... Ddddoooooooohhhh (as Homer would say). Ha. And how I love the black images that result from this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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