Sticking Buttons may be cause my X1 to lock up

[symmetron]

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So, recently, I noticed two things happening with my X1. Occasionally, when scrolling down through the Menus using the 6 o'clock button (the bottom 4-way button used for AF/MF and menu scrolling), it sticks and the menu just keeps scrolling. No big deal, because I just hit it and it unsticks. Then, completely unrelated, I noticed that sometimes when I switch between AF and MF focusing, after awhile when the camera goes to sleep it locks up and I need to remove the battery. It's happened a few times.

 

Yesterday I called Mark at Leica USA about the lock-up issues and he says he needs to get back to me. I never mentioned the issue about the sticking AF/MF button sticking while scrolling through the menu.

 

Today Mark calls me back and he says after discussing with one of the technicians, that the technician thinks there may be a sticking button somewhere that's confusing the camera and causing it to lock up. I then tell Mark about the scrolling menu issue (same button as the AF/MF selection), and he says it is possibly the issue.

 

I guess I should send the camera in for repair. Any others with anything similar experiences?

[Steve Lane]

MY X1 suffers from an issue similar to your problem with the button sticking, except the highlighting of the menu items jumps wildly all over the place. However, I don't think it is related to one specific button - it seems that pressing any of the 12, 3, 6 and 9 o' clock buttons sometimes causes this and I end up switching the camera off and on again to resolve it.

 

My X1 is currently on its way back to Solms to have this and a couple of AF issues resolved, along with a request to sort out the peeling skin. Not a particularly good track record for a camera purchased new nine months ago, and that has only taken 1500 images.

[symmetron]

That's a drag. I'm sure Leica will do a good job resolving the issues. It's just unfortunate that these things occur with such expensive cameras. FWIW, my X1 is a little over a year old.