jto555 Posted November 4, 2015 Share #1 Posted November 4, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I seem to be lucky at the moment. My latest issue... I was in mid shoot last night using the EVF. As I picked up the camera to take a shot I noticed the the EVF was black but all the information was still been displayed. I had an issue before with my second body where I was getting black frames, so I thought this was the same. But no, I could still take pictures and the would show in the EVF after the shot was taken. My next guess was that I have a bad connection with the EVF so I tried the rear screen and exactly the same issue. No Live View but the camera still takes photographs and can show them on the screen after!!! I know some people will say they never use LV but I have two lenses that backfocus so I need to use LV. Has anyone else had the same issue. I know the fix is for the camera to go to its second home back in Germany. Did I marry and divorce Leica without knowing about it, as the "kids" are doing one month with me, one month with Leica, then back to me for a month... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jack-tucker Posted November 5, 2015 Share #2 Posted November 5, 2015 Hi, Maybe it does't make sense, I never used the EVF. But I was one time in a situation where I wanted to use LV and it just did't work. After fiddling through the menu for a longer while I realised, that I had chosen CLASSIC/LV DEACTIVATED as metering method. Could you by mistake have activated that? As I have said, I don't know if that would have an impact on the EVF. Otherwise I would try to reset the camera once, maybe even re-install the firmware, before I would send it to Leica. All the best, Florian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jto555 Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted November 6, 2015 Thanks Florian, no this was mid-shoot without me touching the menu. I have an adapter for putting Canon lenses on to the camera, so I have used that to fool the camera into thinking a lens is attached. Looking at what is happening, when I try to use Live View the shutter opens and closes (at about 1/30 second shutter speed) and then remains closed. So I think my shutter is on the way out. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jto555 Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted November 13, 2015 Well, Leica have diagnosed that I need a new shutter. As the camera is still under the 3 year warranty they are standing over it and looking after the repair. I love company's with good after sales service! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted November 13, 2015 Share #5 Posted November 13, 2015 Well, Leica have diagnosed that I need a new shutter. As the camera is still under the 3 year warranty they are standing over it and looking after the repair. I love company's with good after sales service! Just curious, how much did you use your camera to wear out the shutter - 10K, 100K or more? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jto555 Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted November 14, 2015 The camera was bought new in January '15 and I would say I have about 45k actuations. However, it did have a very heavy fall in August which knocked the focus out. I had the camera repaired, but maybe the fall damaged the shutter as well. The service engineers in Leica are looking into why the shutter failed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jto555 Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted November 22, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) My camera is now fixed. It went off on its holidays to Leica and got a new shutter. It could be my imagination but the shutter sounds a bit quieter than before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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