Pieter12 Posted February 4, 2022 Share #1 Posted February 4, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) I had a problem this morning when I went out for a shoot. I took one exposure, and the camera refused to operate after that. It would not focus, would not trip the shutter. The red "busy" light by the card door remained lit, even when I turned the camera off. I turned it back on, and the AF was working, but the red light was still on and I could not trip the shutter. When I got home, I noticed the camera base was warm, so I removed the battery for a minute and then put it back in. Turned the camera on and it seems to work now. Has anyone experienced this? Is this a sign something is going south with the electronics? I'd hate to have it happen again and not be able to restart by removing the battery. Damn shame because I really like the camera and have invested in 3 Leica S primes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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djmay Posted February 4, 2022 Share #2 Posted February 4, 2022 It is a known quirk. Just remove the battery, as you did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter12 Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted February 4, 2022 Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter12 Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted February 4, 2022 Curious, does this happen with all the S cameras or just the 006? Does it happen frequently or just occasionally? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaR10 Posted February 4, 2022 Share #5 Posted February 4, 2022 Pieter12, Happens rarely based on my former years with the S006. Some M cameras have the same quirk. r/ Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Richardson Posted February 5, 2022 Share #6 Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) Modern cameras are computers. Sometimes they freeze. Usually a restart (or in this case, battery removal) is enough to clear out the camera. I had an s006 for six years, and this would happen sporadically. Maybe a few times a year. I don’t recall a case where I could not fix it within a minute or less by removing the battery. Edited February 5, 2022 by Stuart Richardson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksclix Posted February 5, 2022 Share #7 Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) My S 006 also froze on the street while I was using it and never came back! Changing batteries didn’t help, charging didn’t help either.. I took it to camerawest in Walnut Creek, CA where I bought it from and they switched with an S007.. for some extra $$$$ of course.. but got a decent deal.. nothing of that sort happened with the S007 so far.. Edited February 5, 2022 by aksclix Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darylgo Posted February 5, 2022 Share #8 Posted February 5, 2022 My S-E does this in addition to the camera over exposing images in auto. It’s more frequent in cold weather. I suspect it is resolved with a motherboard change because each of my S cameras have or had this one issue or another and Leica wants to change the motherboard whenever the cameras are sent for repair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardC Posted February 5, 2022 Share #9 Posted February 5, 2022 It happened to me once with the S006, in five years and tens of thousands of images. I removed the battery, re-seated the lens, and everything was fine after that. Be sure to re-format your cards after you download your images, just in case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailronin Posted February 9, 2022 Share #10 Posted February 9, 2022 In 7 years my 006 hasn't locked up (yet) but I keep batteries charged and always reformat cards in camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmknoble Posted February 11, 2022 Share #11 Posted February 11, 2022 It can also happen with a bad compact flash card, which is more common than. Problems with SD cards. It will try to write and fail. It happened more frequently with my S2, but has only happened once in 4 years with S007. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnian Posted February 11, 2022 Share #12 Posted February 11, 2022 3 hours ago, davidmknoble said: It can also happen with a bad compact flash card, which is more common than. Problems with SD cards. Talking of SD cards, what's the highest capacity that the 007 can take? I tried a 1TB and it couldn't find the card (although my Nikon D800 did). I tend to stick with 128GB cards anyway as you don't want all your eggs in one basket, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnian Posted February 11, 2022 Share #13 Posted February 11, 2022 I don't wish to start a new thread, but does anyone get a Low Battery warning message (even though the battery monitor shows a full charge) on their 007 when using Live View? Does it need sending it to Leica? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmknoble Posted February 12, 2022 Share #14 Posted February 12, 2022 17 hours ago, Sarnian said: Talking of SD cards, what's the highest capacity that the 007 can take? I tried a 1TB and it couldn't find the card (although my Nikon D800 did). I tend to stick with 128GB cards anyway as you don't want all your eggs in one basket, right? Since I use CF cards, I use 64gb SD’s with them, no reason to have one larger than the other as it would fill up. I also use the 64gb cards in my SL2-S, so dual purpose. I prefer the smaller, but much faster cards. Also looked in the S3 manual and S007 tech sheets and it only specifies the type of card, but not a max. What are the specs of your 1TB card? curios… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmknoble Posted February 12, 2022 Share #15 Posted February 12, 2022 12 hours ago, Sarnian said: I don't wish to start a new thread, but does anyone get a Low Battery warning message (even though the battery monitor shows a full charge) on their 007 when using Live View? Does it need sending it to Leica? What happens if you put the batter in the charger? Is it immediately ready? I do think the battery levels cover a broad range, but there is a big different between full and empty! I’ve had M batteries that showed fully charged and were not, but it was the charger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmknoble Posted February 12, 2022 Share #16 Posted February 12, 2022 49 minutes ago, davidmknoble said: Since I use CF cards, I use 64gb SD’s with them, no reason to have one larger than the other as it would fill up. I also use the 64gb cards in my SL2-S, so dual purpose. I prefer the smaller, but much faster cards. Also looked in the S3 manual and S007 tech sheets and it only specifies the type of card, but not a max. What are the specs of your 1TB card? curios… Ok, the S3 tech sheet says the SD cards < 512gb. So there is the answer. The S007 and S3 will not take 1TB cards…. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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