M 246 - Live View Not Working?

[paulinmaryland]

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I bought a used M 246 a year ago from KEH in Atlanta.  I love the camera, but being old school, I never used the Live View until recently, when I was in New York, wanting to shoot on the street. I wanted to use the Live View so that it wasn't obvious I was shooting by raising the camera to my eye to compose.

When I clicked the Live View button, instead of coming on, the screen just stays blank (dark with 2 parallel lines).

I took it to Leica in Washington DC, they updated the software, but could not explain the problem.

It's under warranty, and I could send it back to KEH to repair, but I've never sent them a camera to repair, and I'm afraid it will take weeks. I can't be with the camera that long.

Wondering if this is simple problem, and if there is a faster way to get it fixed?  

Any suggestions?

Paul in Maryland

 

[kalle]

Hello Paul did you try a reset the to
the factory default settings?

[pop]

With the Leica M you could not activate Live View with uncoded lenses unless you explicitly activated an option to operate the shutter without a lens being mounted. Sorry, I can't remember the exact wording of the option.

[paulinmaryland]

FYI - I took it to Leica in Paris and the tech told me it was an electromagnetic problem and I will need to have it sent to Leica in Germany.