Popular Post skinnfell Posted April 3, 2013 Popular Post Share #1 Posted April 3, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) There seems to be a lot of reports of monochroms banding, freezing, locking, etc. Being a couple of days away from spending big money on a mono, it would be nice to get an idea as to how widespread these issues are. I am not sure if its possible to do a poll on this forum, but let's have a makeshift one: It would be interesting to see how many Monochrom owners have had electronic problems with their Mono, compared to those who don't. (Mechanical problems are usually down to QC issues and also easier to demonstrate in regards to warranty issues.) a) If you have NOT had problems with your Monochrom, please click thanks in this post. If you HAVE had problems with your Monochrom, please post below what issue you had (and if it got fixed, how). Thanks so much for participating! 50 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Hi skinnfell, Take a look here Monochrom owners poll?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
rondeb Posted April 3, 2013 Share #2 Posted April 3, 2013 Dead pixel stack. Discreet mode lockup(well known firmwarew problem) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted April 3, 2013 Share #3 Posted April 3, 2013 I had high ISO banding, Fixed by changing to a Panasonic SD card. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted April 3, 2013 Share #4 Posted April 3, 2013 Actually no issues at all. I was doing some post processing in PS on Sunday and I thought I had the banding issue but I had inadvertently zoomed 200% into the top of a mailbox that had a very even rib structuring. I must say that the detail was incredible. No banding, just user error. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanyasi Posted April 3, 2013 Share #5 Posted April 3, 2013 I've had no banding. Occasionally, the camera locks up and I have had to remove the battery. It seems to be triggered if I chimp while buffer is full, so I don't chimp when red light is flashing. I use San Disk extreme and ultra extreme cards: 16gb and occasionally 8 gb. I don't shoot over 2500 iso, but I use iso 2500 a lot. The camera is a lot of fun to use. I find myself pulling it out of the camera bag before the M9. The images it produces are great. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest borge Posted April 3, 2013 Share #6 Posted April 3, 2013 Discreet mode bug. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmldds Posted April 3, 2013 Share #7 Posted April 3, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Occasional lock-ups which necessitates battery removal. Minor problem for wonderful camera! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjonny1 Posted April 3, 2013 Share #8 Posted April 3, 2013 No need to post "discreet mode issue" as all will have this 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted April 3, 2013 Share #9 Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) Very minor shadow banding in one or two shots. Frameline preselector lever fell off. For the rest flawless. Edited April 3, 2013 by jaapv 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
photomac Posted April 3, 2013 Share #10 Posted April 3, 2013 Banding at ISO 320 in continuous mode when lifting shadows in post. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjkotze Posted April 3, 2013 Share #11 Posted April 3, 2013 Banding at base iso when any shot is taken before the buffer is cleared.The banding is restricted to deep shadows. The workaround is to allow the buffer to clear.Other than that it is an extremely satisfying tool to work with. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ib M Posted April 3, 2013 Share #12 Posted April 3, 2013 1. Banding at base iso when any shot is taken before the buffer is cleared. 2. Can not delete several images at a time, the camera is continue to "run", and can only be stopped by taking out the battery and then put it in again. Both problem fixed by changing to Transcend - 8 GB - Class10 - SDHC card 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiggiGun Posted April 3, 2013 Share #13 Posted April 3, 2013 Discret mode bug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tundraman Posted April 4, 2013 Share #14 Posted April 4, 2013 None on my mono, issue free Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted April 4, 2013 Share #15 Posted April 4, 2013 Very minor shadow banding in one or two shots. Frameline preselector lever fell off. For the rest flawless. You just have an early M-240 Monochrom without the lever. I only got to click the Thanks button once even though I have had 2 Monochroms Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar Posted April 4, 2013 Share #16 Posted April 4, 2013 Stuck or dead pixel that it had when I got it but I have not sent it back yet...addicted to this camera... Leica NJ said if I brought it in they would fix it while I wait. I like them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted April 4, 2013 Share #17 Posted April 4, 2013 Discrete Mode lock up....... So I'm in both a & b for now ........ until you indicate whether you are excluding this ....... unless you are trying to find out if it is a generic problem or sporadic..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miccro Posted April 5, 2013 Share #18 Posted April 5, 2013 -various lock ups when stretching the buffer, required battery removal. fixed with in camera formatting of SD + changing from scandisc cards mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinnfell Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share #19 Posted April 5, 2013 So, it it safe to assume a widespread belief that the majority of the issues are solvable by firmware? Surely, It cant be the case that Leica wants us to track down archaic and esoteric memory cards to get full function from an eight thousand dollar camera... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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