ajwheele Posted June 8, 2007 Share #1 Posted June 8, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, I just recieved a new M8 yesterday that seems to have a problem with the LED display in the viewfinder. It appears quite out of focus - the viewfinder itself is sharp - but the shutter speed display and over/under exposure arrows are almost so out of focus as to be unreadable. Having played with 3 different demo cameras a different stores, I am certain this is a problem with this body, as none of them looked anything like this. Has anyone seen this before, and does anyone know if there is an adjustment for this somehow? Maybe a nice convienent set screw somewhere? Or do I need to try and return it or get it repaired? Thanks, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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george_b Posted June 8, 2007 Share #2 Posted June 8, 2007 If I had just purchased a new M8 and after a day it needed tweeking . . . . . I'd tell the seller to get it fixed. George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted June 8, 2007 Share #3 Posted June 8, 2007 How do the viewfinder frames look? The LEDs are intended to be mounted in the same plane and the frame masks so everything appears in focus. If the frames are sharp, it sounds like the LEDs have not been mounted properly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
creb Posted June 8, 2007 Share #4 Posted June 8, 2007 had the same problem. the dealer (leica bei meister) replaced the body immediately. unfortunately, the problem returned a couple of weeks later but the body had to go to solms anyway because of problems with the wheel next to the display (which seems to be a problem, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't or takes it time). no more problems with the LED so far. christoph Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Lad Posted June 8, 2007 Share #5 Posted June 8, 2007 One of my LED segments is out on my second M8. The first was exchanged due to focus issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_l Posted June 8, 2007 Share #6 Posted June 8, 2007 Dang! I thought it was just my bifocal contact lens being in the wrong part of my eye for the viewfinder....but it is really out of focus!!! I guess I'll wait until it needs something else, I can't see sending it into the cavernous maw of Leica service just for that.... Anyone guess if it is something they could do while I wait if i bring it into Leica NJ? We don't know how it is adjusted (probably Mark Norton does, after his disassembly...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Lad Posted June 9, 2007 Share #7 Posted June 9, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sorry, just to clarify my last post: My first M8 was exchanged due to range finder back focus issues and the replacement has a led segment that doesn't light up. Sorry if I misled you at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointcolville Posted June 12, 2007 Share #8 Posted June 12, 2007 I bought an M8 from Calumet with this problem. The three LED's were out of focus to the extent that they bled together in the viewfinder. I called Calumet that afternoon, they put a Leica rep on the phone and validated the problem, and they overnighted me a new one that same day, requesting only that I get the original camera back to them within 15 days. Great customer service, happy outcome. If yours is new, get a replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_l Posted June 12, 2007 Share #9 Posted June 12, 2007 Mine seem to be in focus if I position the viewfinder on my eye so they are just barely visible at the bottom of the frame (any lower and I wouldn't be able to see them at all), but fuzzy if I move my eye at all up so they aren't at the extreme bottom edge of the frame. Is this normal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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