dieter123456 Posted August 1, 2021 Share #1 Posted August 1, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Has anybody here experienced the shutter button on the M 10 r BP refusing to fire after half-pressing it ? I had to send mine back to Wetzlar where apparently they did not hear of this problem yet. 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeff S Posted August 1, 2021 Share #2 Posted August 1, 2021 You’ll find discussion of this issue within the other thread you posted, including this hopeful resolution… Jeff 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted August 1, 2021 Share #3 Posted August 1, 2021 Possibly just a loose screw… Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieter123456 Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted August 1, 2021 Thanks Jeff ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMF Posted August 1, 2021 Share #5 Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) Given that we have a really small sample from the eventual 2000 (ish) M10r BP lot, one can’t make any conclusions, but this shutter button is a little concerning for prospective buyers. For the price of these bodies you would have thought that Leica’s final quality control sign-off would have caught these shutter button issues as this would surely disappoint me that my brand new camera would need to go away for local service, if not to Wetzlar. Perhaps a systemic issue with the first M10r BP’s out the door? . Edited August 1, 2021 by RMF Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photon42 Posted August 7, 2021 Share #6 Posted August 7, 2021 Not yet ... (I only have it for a week or so). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malfaris Posted August 8, 2021 Share #7 Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) same here with my normal M10-R , quick fix with tighten something loose. now I am selling my M10-R and bought BP finish , it have the same issue . and sent it to the workshop . really disappointing for such expensive camera . Edited August 8, 2021 by malfaris Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davorb Posted October 18, 2021 Share #8 Posted October 18, 2021 I've had the same issue. Sent it in last week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Brown Posted October 19, 2021 Share #9 Posted October 19, 2021 I gave my M10-R to Customer Care at Leica HQ in Leitz Park to check the infamous sticky shutter button which eventually became not really sticky, but would refuse to fire every 30-50 frames or so The very kind staff said "it will be half an hour to check, we will call you" and after 4 hours they finally did call. "Sorry it took so long, we had to replace the ENTIRE release mechanism. A known problem with M10-R Black Paint." The shutter button is buttery smooth now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted October 19, 2021 Share #10 Posted October 19, 2021 Glad I’m sticking with the black chrome. Never did like paint finishes 😎 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrussell Posted November 30, 2021 Share #11 Posted November 30, 2021 I have the same issue with mine. 1 day old. Took like 30 photos before it started happening, and then took 100+ more that night to confirm the action. Cable release works fine so it must be something mechanical in the button housing/action. Did anyone in this thread get resolution without tearing camera apart? I hate digging into a brand new 10k camera body… Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arriestocracy Posted December 5, 2021 Share #12 Posted December 5, 2021 On 11/30/2021 at 11:45 PM, wrussell said: I have the same issue with mine. 1 day old. Took like 30 photos before it started happening, and then took 100+ more that night to confirm the action. Cable release works fine so it must be something mechanical in the button housing/action. Did anyone in this thread get resolution without tearing camera apart? I hate digging into a brand new 10k camera body… Production date? I read about the issue AFTER I placed preorder. My BP was made on Oct 13 and I collected it from Leica early November. Almost a thousand shutter releases now, no sign or shutter feel inconsistency so far. But the frame selector lever did fall off by itself once. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photon42 Posted December 5, 2021 Share #13 Posted December 5, 2021 Even with a new Leica it can happen that everything works perfectly, so don't worry too much 😁. I still have no issues with mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakontil Posted December 5, 2021 Share #14 Posted December 5, 2021 a bit worrying for the black paint, just got it last week hopefully they already fixed it off the factory Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photon42 Posted December 6, 2021 Share #15 Posted December 6, 2021 it is not simply paint, it is the black Leica glow 😇 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseyk Posted December 7, 2021 Share #16 Posted December 7, 2021 I have the same issue with the shutter release on my M10R BP. It's a minor irritant but obviously on a camera that is this expensive I want it put right. Customer care in London can send it to Wetzlar but it's likely to be gone for 10 to 12 weeks🤨 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photon42 Posted December 7, 2021 Share #17 Posted December 7, 2021 yep - I have no idea why Leica cannot have these relatively simple things done in the respective countries Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakontil Posted December 7, 2021 Share #18 Posted December 7, 2021 so the issue still raise and is not limited to specific batches? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseyk Posted December 7, 2021 Share #19 Posted December 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, jakontil said: so the issue still raise and is not limited to specific batches? I must confess that mine is an early one from July, numbered 5654xxx. Its just that I wanted to be sure that the camera was at fault and not me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photon42 Posted February 16, 2022 Share #20 Posted February 16, 2022 Now it happened as well to me, or better, to my M10R BP. Quick round trip to the in-country Leica service center fixed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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