Shutter Error

[MatthewG]

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I posted a thread a while back and asked a question about a shutter error. Although I didn't want to hear about returning my most loved camera that pretty much what the advice given said.

 

So after a few good days of shooting yesterday the M8 just went off the deep end and acted up more than it ever has. GD! All that money you would think the camera would be incredible. I have a Maymia ZD and although its more that twice as expensive I did not expect it to out preform the M8. Well its doing just that. More DOF, as good of images and NO errors. Anyway I have email Leica and gotten no response. I am currently in the UK and away from my home in the States.

 

Would it be best just to call Leica and get the info needed?

 

 

Matthew

[Venkman]

Would it be best just to call Leica and get the info needed?

 

Yes.

[jaapv]

OK

 

I posted a thread a while back and asked a question about a shutter error. Although I didn't want to hear about returning my most loved camera that pretty much what the advice given said.

 

So after a few good days of shooting yesterday the M8 just went off the deep end and acted up more than it ever has. GD! All that money you would think the camera would be incredible. I have a Maymia ZD and although its more that twice as expensive I did not expect it to out preform the M8. Well its doing just that. More DOF, as good of images and NO errors. Anyway I have email Leica and gotten no response. I am currently in the UK and away from my home in the States.

 

Would it be best just to call Leica and get the info needed?

 

 

Matthew

 

Isn't DOF a characteristic of medium format vs 135? I don't quite see that as anything to blame a camera for, nor as neccesarily better . Most DOF is of course in mini-sensor P&S-s. ZD versus M8. Not just apples to pears - more like apples to melons I would say.

[nzav]

OK

 

I posted a thread a while back and asked a question about a shutter error. Although I didn't want to hear about returning my most loved camera that pretty much what the advice given said.

 

So after a few good days of shooting yesterday the M8 just went off the deep end and acted up more than it ever has. GD! All that money you would think the camera would be incredible. I have a Maymia ZD and although its more that twice as expensive I did not expect it to out preform the M8. Well its doing just that. More DOF, as good of images and NO errors. Anyway I have email Leica and gotten no response. I am currently in the UK and away from my home in the States.

 

Would it be best just to call Leica and get the info needed?

 

 

Matthew

 

I find your statement "I have a Maymia ZD and although its more that twice as expensive I did not expect it to out preform the M8" interesting and puzzling at the same time. The ZD (which I beta tested) is a 22mp MF digital, and you were not expecting it to outperform a 10mp, 1.33x cropped 35mm format digital?

 

The fact that the M8 can be considered competition to a larger format digital camera with more than twice the native resolution is certainly flattering to Leica, but in reality, they are not, nor claim to be, on the same playing field. Although the ZD had issues, it is capable of some great images; so is a 4x5 LF film (scanned to digital), or an 8x10 LF, but I would never compare any of them them to a 35mm format no matter how good it is.

 

It reminds me of the days when some photographers would shoot 35mm Tech Pan (a copy film), process it in special developers to tame the high contrast (eventually marketed as H&W Control), and compare the shots to 4x5 shot images. Yes, the grain was almost non-existant and hard to see even on 16x20 prints, but the quality never approached the LF shots. Even well-crafted MF shots with fine grain films were visibly superior.

 

I hope no one assumes that I am in any way slamming 35mm format, it does things you can't even attempt with the larger gear and I love working with the M8, I just want to keep things in perspective. As a pro shooter, I used 8x10 to 35mm and every format between except 5x7; I never limited myself to any one camera or format, preferring to use whatever was best for the task.

[MatthewG]

I was talking about image quality. While you were testing the ZD I was compairing M8 and ZD files and the ZD files just didnt look as good, ever. Doesnt matter if its 100 mp if its 100mp of crap.

 

Just very surprised with the ZD and alot a people were. Because the tester images looked very weak was all.