lct Posted July 25, 2011 Share #21 Posted July 25, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Hi lct, Take a look here 16747 Actuations. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Brandon Skinner Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share #22 Posted July 25, 2011 Only one consideration, and not that all meaningful. A few thousand actuations, but stored on a bouncing boat or motorcycle, is different than many more actuations under less stressful use. I buy only from reputable dealers to get a warranty, or at least for intervention in the event any problems turn up. Otherwise you take your chances regardless of actuations or anything else. Jeff I think I am going to take your advice here, it's too much money to let myself get burned. I have another question for everybody... I called Kurland photo who has an M8 listed for sale online. I asked how many actuations the camera had and the representative informed me there is no true way to verify the count on the M8 or M8.2. If this is the case, how come everyone else seems to provide actuation counts? Tricky thing these Leica's... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Skinner Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share #23 Posted July 25, 2011 Only one consideration, and not that all meaningful. A few thousand actuations, but stored on a bouncing boat or motorcycle, is different than many more actuations under less stressful use. I buy only from reputable dealers to get a warranty, or at least for intervention in the event any problems turn up. Otherwise you take your chances regardless of actuations or anything else. Jeff I think I am going to take your advice here, it's too much money to let myself get burned. I have another question for everybody... I called Kurland photo who has an M8 listed for sale online. I asked how many actuations the camera had and the representative informed me there is no true way to verify the count on the M8 or M8.2. If this is the case, how come everyone else seems to provide actuation counts? Tricky thing these Leica's... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 25, 2011 Share #24 Posted July 25, 2011 Suffice it to use M8Info with original DNG or JPG files, or to look for "Image Unique ID" in the exif data of a pic file, through Exif viewer for instance, and convert the hexadecimal number with any converter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 25, 2011 Share #25 Posted July 25, 2011 Suffice it to use M8Info with original DNG or JPG files, or to look for "Image Unique ID" in the exif data of a pic file, through Exif viewer for instance, and convert the hexadecimal number with any converter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBatemanJ Posted July 26, 2011 Share #26 Posted July 26, 2011 There has been a camera reported with over 300.000. It is a Copal shutter which is barely run in at 15.000 actuations. I heard the same story of 300.000 actuation from my dealer. Hope my M8/9 will go that far without problem. SATOKI Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted July 26, 2011 Share #27 Posted July 26, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I asked how many actuations the camera had and the representative informed me there is no true way to verify the count on the M8 or M8.2. Wrong. I'm surprised, coming from Kurland, a generally well regarded supplier. But, it may be that this particular person wasn't well informed. You might try to speak with someone else there. Retrieving actuations is covered thoroughly on the forum (search box will pull up many old threads). I don't know of any person commenting that it was not possible; only that they didn't know how. Some dealers routinely list number of actuations in ads (Dale Photo, where I bought a mint M8.2, is one. Here is their latest ad, showing number of actuations on both M8s available). Others may not know how, or may not want the hassle. BTW, Brandon, I think you're taking the right approach going through a good dealer. Good, too, to establish comfort with someone working there, especially if issues arise. Worth checking around; there are many good shops with good staff. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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