Lecia SL 2 S problem , camera stall

[Sye Williams]

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Hi i'm hopint that some one can give me advice on a camera issue. I'm trying to avoid the long wait of repair. My current job is in SF and m,y last was in Sonora Mexico, where there is a big diffrence in climate. I arrived here for work and the camera didn't work, Leica SF was good enough to let me borrow one  from the store. The  employee made calls and what he was told was that it sounded like moisture.  The camera works as if it was like in old computer, stalling, taking several seconds to pull up menu. Several seconds to perform any menu fuction or at all.

 

If it is moisture what is the best way to dry it out?

Thank you

syewilliamsphotography@gmail.com

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[RBB]

strange, I just my Leica gear in the arctic and dessert and never had a issue, but if moisture is the problem, take a big bin and fill it with rice, keep the camera in there fore at least 24h.

[BernardC]

2 hours ago, Sye Williams said:

The camera works as if it was like in old computer, stalling, taking several seconds to pull up menu. Several seconds to perform any menu fuction or at all.

Did you try different cards?  It's a long shot, but you can get all sorts of weird behavior when a card is corrupted.

[Photoworks]

I am seeing crashes and slowdown on SL2 with new firmware. Try a full reset first.

I hade the problem few days ago without cards and connected to capture one. the camera went black like the battery was dead. turned off and on and I came back.  The Manu so totally changed, all 6 profiles got populated. 

I am still trying to figure out what I can do to change it.

[Sye Williams]

And my camera is back to normal, weird! But thank you everyone !

 

[davidmknoble]

On 10/15/2021 at 1:42 PM, RBB said:

strange, I just my Leica gear in the arctic and dessert and never had a issue, but if moisture is the problem, take a big bin and fill it with rice, keep the camera in there fore at least 24h.

Just know that rice, when it soaks up water, releases starch all over your camera and lens.  This can be bad for the glass and some of the other parts.  I prefer the reusable dry canisters that refresh in the oven.  Store them in a freezer ziplock until you need them.  Just my opinion…

[Richardgb]

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13 hours ago, davidmknoble said:

Just know that rice, when it soaks up water, releases starch all over your camera and lens.  This can be bad for the glass and some of the other parts.  I prefer the reusable dry canisters that refresh in the oven.  Store them in a freezer ziplock until you need them.  Just my opinion…

I don't think the suggestion was to make an SL-biriyani but to keep the rice in a separate container with a porous cover.

[davidmknoble]

7 hours ago, Richardgb said:

I don't think the suggestion was to make an SL-biriyani but to keep the rice in a separate container with a porous cover.

I hope not, but “take a big bin full of rice and put it in there” sounds more like biriyani.  (The big bin part, I’ve never had a small serving of biriyani).