GarethC Posted August 18, 2011 Share #1 Posted August 18, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have a feeling that this may be a service issue but thought I'd ask here first. A couple of weeks ago while in vacation my M8 just decided to power off. Now, if I try to turn it on the red light on the back by the dial flashes a few times and then nothing. Is this a problem that I can solve myself or is my M8 going on a road trip? It's 4 years old, never had any issues with it, not the latest firmware but I think that's moot now as I couldn't install the latest anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 Hi GarethC, Take a look here M8 not powering up. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Gerard Posted August 18, 2011 Share #2 Posted August 18, 2011 How many batteries / chargers have you tried? Perhaps the battery is dead or the charger not working properly - might be worth trying a friend's or a local dealer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted August 18, 2011 Share #3 Posted August 18, 2011 Does it behave the same with every card you have? What does it do when you start it without any card? Do you use SD or SDHC cards? Mine did not start properly with an SDHC card until I upgraded the firmware. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted August 19, 2011 Share #4 Posted August 19, 2011 I sympathize with you... see my thread here...http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m8-forum/138053-m8-2-stopped-working.html get new battery and replace the card..will probably be fine. good luck andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethC Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted August 19, 2011 I thought just for giggles I'll try charging a battery overnight (I have 4 batteries). Yep, you guessed it, put it in this morning, fired it up and it did fire up. Took the battery out, put it back in, still worked. Now at least I have 1 battery but I'll try the other 3 as well. One battery is 4 years old and the other 3 are 3 years old with the original charger but odd that they would all go at the same time. Maybe I'm just an idiot and I had 3 dead batteries and didn't know it. Relieved though, this camera has been faultless in 4.5 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramosa Posted August 19, 2011 Share #6 Posted August 19, 2011 Good news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfspencer Posted September 13, 2011 Share #7 Posted September 13, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) My battery died today after four or five pictures. I didn't think that the battery was that far from a full charge although the camera had been on while I changed some settings. Anyway, the camera went nuts and shut off. (The shutter fired four or five times and the red light was blinking.) I put a charged battery in and everything seems to work. I'm trying to charge the old battery now. (I already have the newer smaller charger.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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