''shutter fault'' advice please..

[shootinglulu]

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Hello, I would be grateful for any advice..

 

Today I took a picture (in single picture mode) but the shutter fired five times in quick succession and then "shutter fault' was displayed. (no extra pictures were taken)

I continued using the camera, it seems to be working normally again, so far.

Should it be sent away for repair or was my camera ''just having a Leica moment''? as my partner suggested.

I'm taking part in a photography workshop in Egypt in early March and now I'm worried about taking my M9..If it goes to Solmes it may not be back in time.

 

Many thanks.

[wda]

Very odd behaviour! As the camera self-recovered, I would just be watchful rather than rush into sending it to Solms. Often these spurious faults are difficult to replicate on a test bench and time would be wasted.

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[shootinglulu]

Many thanks David..I will give my camera the benefit of the doubt!

[Rafael08]

I have had this happen on two separate occasions. (Knock on wood) Neither case appears to have been anything but an isolated glitch.

[shootinglulu]

Very good to hear.

[swamiji]

I had this happen today, Shooting out in the snow. It self corrected and I have shot another 100 photos since. Same symptoms as yours. I have about 10,000 shutter actuations on this body, so it's still newish. But I have another year on the warrantee... but we will see.

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"Shutter faults" have been discussed several times here on the forum. Two times my M8.2 was sent back to Solms within its time of guarantee. The technicians told me about a lack between digital and mechanical parts. After the 2nd fixing I never got "shutter faults" again any more.