Guest Olof Posted March 13, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 13, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just tell us (short), if you have a M8, if it is a "second generation" or a "bug fixed" M8 and if you had a problem, or if you never had a problem. Lets start with my M8 Recieved: Jan. 2008 (second generation) Problems: Margenta (seen one or to times) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Westerwald-Leica Posted March 13, 2007 Share #2 Posted March 13, 2007 I got my M8 February, shot maybe 500 frames and so far have not experienced any problems. Even the firmware upgrade went smoothly. Am I just a (the?) lucky guy or is this kind of thing happending elsewhere too? Bernd : Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
winks147 Posted March 13, 2007 Share #3 Posted March 13, 2007 Early February for me. No issues or problems. Great pics. Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainerJ Posted March 13, 2007 Share #4 Posted March 13, 2007 Hi, got mine about Feb. 9, with 1.09, then update 1.092 last week, no problems up to now, except to much magenta in some shots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielt Posted March 13, 2007 Share #5 Posted March 13, 2007 Received Dec. 15th - firmware 1.09 No problems until now Magenta cast disapears with C1 + Jamie Roberts profiles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
parigby Posted March 13, 2007 Share #6 Posted March 13, 2007 Received February Firmware 1.09 Apart from Magenta - no problems. I put that down to the camera being ex demo : l just assume that Leica ensured that demo cameras were as flawless as they could be - well at least that's what most sensible commercial companies would have done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ady Posted March 13, 2007 Share #7 Posted March 13, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) 2. Generation. Lens related Magenta, no other problems. My best camera I ever had! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 13, 2007 Share #8 Posted March 13, 2007 We seem to have two threads on this issue <grin>. Speaking of issues I've had none other than the magenta cast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
parigby Posted March 13, 2007 Share #9 Posted March 13, 2007 Steve - isn't there one thread for people with problems and one for those with none ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eudemian Posted March 13, 2007 Share #10 Posted March 13, 2007 Second generation M8 in January, no problems apart from Magenta, and green stripe, user error. Wonderful camera that amazes with its colour and sharpness. Just wish I had a dioptre, filters but I know Leica is snowed under. Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 13, 2007 Share #11 Posted March 13, 2007 Opps, sorry I should have read the other thread's title more carefully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arminw Posted March 13, 2007 Share #12 Posted March 13, 2007 Well, I got mine at the beginning of Feb 2007 with Firmware 1.90 and never had any problems except the magenta cast on some picture. The M8 went on a trip with me to Cuba and I used it exclusively with no hangups at all... It's a great camera Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 13, 2007 Share #13 Posted March 13, 2007 Mine simply take photographs-and photographs-and photographs...... First generation one came with some banding - fixed in upgrade, second gen one - just working. I have never seen the green blob or the green stripe. The first one had the ectoplasm descending once or twice at quick startup, after firmware fix gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted March 13, 2007 Share #14 Posted March 13, 2007 Received NEW 1/25/07 but with first gen 1 serial #. No problems at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted March 13, 2007 Share #15 Posted March 13, 2007 Dear All - I'm currently piloting an internet survey that I will post to LUF (asked Jaap / Guy / Sean Reid / Jamie Roberts to check the text). Once this is ready I'll post. This should be much easier to summarise than the current rash of informal surveys and could be a useful way of communicating our issues with Leica. Hope this is seen as a service to the community. That's how it's meant! I'll start a new thread when it's ready. The survey covers WB, image issues, electro-mechanical issues and accommodates users with more than one body. Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erg Posted March 13, 2007 Share #16 Posted March 13, 2007 - Received first generation M8 November 1st 2006 (no problems except magenta and a few shots with banding) - Flawless hard- and software-upgrade in Solms, December 2006 (banding solved) - Filters received in February 2007 (magenta solved) - Flawless firmwareupgrade to 1.092 (better AWB) - Frames shot: > 3300 Everyday use, one skiing trip, no dust in the LCD screen, no considerable dust on the sensor, no wear off. Looking back, the banding and magenta issues were marginal versus the joy of using my M8 since November 2006. I have nothing to complain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
egibaud Posted March 13, 2007 Share #17 Posted March 13, 2007 received my M8 on March 1st, firmware 1.09 shot around 400 pics updated to 1.092 without problem no problem so far with Camera problem with one extra battery that will not charge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidERuck Posted March 13, 2007 Share #18 Posted March 13, 2007 Second generation. 500 exposures. No problems. IR cast, of course, which is handled very nicely by C1 and the "JR profiles". The camera is so wonderful! I'm out taking pictures obsessively again! (My walkaround is the 35 4th gen). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammam Posted March 13, 2007 Share #19 Posted March 13, 2007 Received it early February. Second generation, Firmware 1.09. Light use,900 shots so far. No problem. Update to 1.092 last week. No problem, except some rare rapid scrolling of menu lines for a split second, a skipped photo or two and a photo half-corrupted which quickly came back to normal in «Play» mode». Fingers crossed. Great camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_mcdermott Posted March 13, 2007 Share #20 Posted March 13, 2007 Received mine two weeks ago, firmware 1.092, approximately 600 frames, not a single problem other than the type Olivier mentions above (which I don't really regard as problems per se, as every computerized device I've ever owned shows occassional wonky behavior). I love this camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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