Scola77 Posted February 28, 2011 Share #1 Â Posted February 28, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) So here in Louisiana Mardi Gras season is upon us. I actually ride on one of the floats and handed my beloved X1 to the wife and let her play photographer. When I met up with her after the parade, she was in tears as she handed the X1 to me. "I did not do it, I swear!!" The worst words you can possibly hear. First thing I noticed was the lens was stuck in the out position. The camera would not turn on and was very hot to the touch. Â No physical damage, no scratches, no sign of abuse at all. She claimed she was able to fire one picture off and it stuck like that. I removed the battery and stuck the entire camera in the bag and waited until the next day (when I was a little more coherent and had access to a computer). The next day I recharged the battery and began searching LCF for anything about this. I plugged the battery back in and the lens retracted and everything came back to life. Â So obviously any troubleshooter out there would point to a low battery as the culprit. However, the battery was charged hours before the parade began and had full power when I handed it off to her. The camera was also hot to the touch, which is odd considering I have never felt heat radiate off the X1 before. Has anyone experienced an issue like this before? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr_Jones Posted February 28, 2011 Share #2 Â Posted February 28, 2011 Yes, I've had this happen three times in 4 months. I've spoken to Leica Mayfair and they suggested I bring it in and they would reload the firmware (with same version sadly!). Â The solution has been remove battery and replace, then the lens retracts normally. I'm not too happy about it and will consider returning mine for repair, it's just very difficult to reproduce as it has happened maybe 1 in 1000 actuations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scola77 Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share #3 Â Posted February 28, 2011 I just got mine back from repairs (faulty pop-up flash) and apparently they did a complete testing of the camera. This makes me believe it is software based. Â Maybe we should just wait for 2.0 firmware to come out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick parker Posted February 28, 2011 Share #4 Â Posted February 28, 2011 i think we should seriously beg them for the new firmware. oh dear leica, we know x1 is a mediocre machine but we still love it and want to be able to use it please release the new firmware and stop waiting around for the new fuji x100 camera. we swear we won't buy them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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