thighslapper Posted June 17, 2013 Share #381 Â Posted June 17, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Why not put a little cap over it so that it can't be pressed? Â Just stuff superglue round the edges. Â I cannot conceive of using the movie facility except possibly in some unexpected extraordinary event that may be newsworthy and get me on the tele ...... Â I keep a Flip Video in the car just in case anyway...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wlaidlaw Posted June 18, 2013 Share #382  Posted June 18, 2013 Just stuff superglue round the edges. I cannot conceive of using the movie facility except possibly in some unexpected extraordinary event that may be newsworthy and get me on the tele ......  I keep a Flip Video in the car just in case anyway......  Good idea but I keep hoping that Leica will allow us to reprogram the button to do something useful like EV alteration.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted June 18, 2013 Share #383 Â Posted June 18, 2013 My movie button also is not flush (its about 1/8" above the surface of body), and Ive never once accidentally recorded a movie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 18, 2013 Share #384 Â Posted June 18, 2013 My movie button also is not flush (its about 1/8" above the surface of body), and Ive never once accidentally recorded a movie. Â You may not have stiff twisted arthritic hands like I do, plus a missing right index finger tip. These together can make ergonomics of a camera very critical. I was never accidentally taking movies before the lug repair whereas I am constantly doing so now. It may be that they have made the switch ultra sensitive, rather than the fact that is stands more proud than I remember. Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
george + Posted June 18, 2013 Share #385 Â Posted June 18, 2013 My movie button also is not flush (its about 1/8" above the surface of body), and Ive never once accidentally recorded a movie. Â An eights of an inch seems pretty high. My movie button is less than 1/2 millimeter above the deck. Which is about 1/6th of what you quote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 18, 2013 Share #386 Â Posted June 18, 2013 An eights of an inch seems pretty high. My movie button is less than 1/2 millimeter above the deck. Which is about 1/6th of what you quote. Â You would not have thought there should be any variation. I have just measured mine and it is 1.25mm proud. I am sure before the lug job, it was very nearly flush with the top deck. Â However, I have now discovered it is not me touching the button at all. If you hold the body at the right hand side, with a heavy lens on it, it starts taking a movie all by itself without touching the button. Â They must have left a loose connection inside. Back again (!!!!!!!) to Solms - not impressed. :mad: Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 18, 2013 Share #387  Posted June 18, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) ....However, I have now discovered it is not me touching the button at all. If you hold the body at the right hand side, with a heavy lens on it, it starts taking a movie all by itself without touching the button. .... Wilson  That's incredible.... ... only with heavy lenses you say ? how hell they arranged the contacts' assemblies inside ? Really a shame... 99% of M users, I think didn't want video... and now seems that its addition hasn't been well engineered... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted June 18, 2013 Share #388 Â Posted June 18, 2013 Sorry for you Wilson, it's a shame really. No problem with heavy M lenses though, namely Elmarit 135/2.8 with goggles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 19, 2013 Share #389 Â Posted June 19, 2013 I have been thinking about this while waiting for Leica Service to phone me back. I am going to end up with a camera, which in the first three months of its life, will have had two total strip downs and rebuilds. In other words a distinctly second hand camera. This is not what I paid for. I am therefore going to request that the camera be declared a "lemon" and be replaced with a new one. They can do what they like with my current one, repair it and sell it on as 'factory refurbished" if they wish. Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted June 19, 2013 Share #390 Â Posted June 19, 2013 Wilson, Â It sure looks like a lemon. Good luck with getting it replaced. Â I don't mind waiting a bit longer for my M in the hope that Leica gets its act together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 19, 2013 Share #391 Â Posted June 19, 2013 All due credit to Leica. They are going to replace my faulty M240 with a new one rather than repair it again. They are arranging a UPS box to be delivered to me to take the faulty one back to Solms, as I threw the old box away last week. Â Happy again :) Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted June 19, 2013 Share #392 Â Posted June 19, 2013 Wilson - sorry you had to deal with the hassle, but pleased it worked out this way. Â V best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 19, 2013 Share #393  Posted June 19, 2013 All due credit to Leica. They are going to replace my faulty M240 with a new one rather than repair it again. They are arranging a UPS box to be delivered to me to take the faulty one back to Solms, as I threw the old box away last week.  Happy again :)  Wilson  Ok... there is still a Leica on which one can trust... did they sent you a "lemon certificate" detailing the s/n of your previous M ? One day it could become an interesting collectible (expecially for the person that, in some way, will own THAT camera) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 19, 2013 Share #394 Â Posted June 19, 2013 Ok... there is still a Leica on which one can trust... did they sent you a "lemon certificate" detailing the s/n of your previous M ? One day it could become an interesting collectible (expecially for the person that, in some way, will own THAT camera) Â Luigi, Â Since I am the winner here, I am not going to stir the pot and list the serial number. The camera may be perfectly OK once it has been factory refurbished, with the instant movie fault cured. At a reduced price it could even be a good buy for someone. However I paid full price and Leica totally agreed that a twice rebuilt camera was not what I bought. There was no argument and no hassle. As soon as I suggested in an email this morning, that a replacement was the appropriate response to this issue caused by the lug repair, Leica came straight back to me on the phone agreeing and arranging to pick up the faulty one. I have to say one cannot imagine this level of service from Nikon/Canon/Sony, even on their most expensive cameras. This is what Apple used to be like 10 years ago but not now. Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted June 22, 2013 Share #395 Â Posted June 22, 2013 Hopefully it doesn't happen to me, I need to remind myself to hold my M nevermind what happens... never a neck strap anymore then LOL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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