unusual scare with M11

[Leslie22]

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First a disclaimer ..... This is not in any way a Leica bash.

I decided not to use the visoflex 2 this morning. Camera was turned off , I removed the Viso and headed out for our morning walk. 

Turned the camera on , heard the usual click as the shutter opened, BUT nothing else , no screen , no menus , no play back DEAD (except for the shutter turning on then off.)

Could the removal of the visoflex 2 have something to do with the situation , later I re attached the visoflex 2 , turned the camera on , BINGO it worked perfectly.

I have no idea how this happened , I tied to repeat .... turn camera off while in live view with Visoflex ... etc but it would not repeat.

I'm treating the incident same as a camera freeze .... and moving on.

 

I'd be interested to hear if any other M11 users have had a similar issue

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[orcinus]

Firmware is a bit of a mess.

I had it do that after crashing in the middle of a Fotos transfer.
Pulling and reinserting the battery revived it.

[elmars]

There are some bugs in the firmware that can cause strange behaviour of the camera. Leica is working on this and an update is announced for March/April. I hope it is better then.

[FlashGordonPhotography]

23 hours ago, Leslie22 said:

First a disclaimer ..... This is not in any way a Leica bash.

I decided not to use the visoflex 2 this morning. Camera was turned off , I removed the Viso and headed out for our morning walk. 

Turned the camera on , heard the usual click as the shutter opened, BUT nothing else , no screen , no menus , no play back DEAD (except for the shutter turning on then off.)

Could the removal of the visoflex 2 have something to do with the situation , later I re attached the visoflex 2 , turned the camera on , BINGO it worked perfectly.

I have no idea how this happened , I tied to repeat .... turn camera off while in live view with Visoflex ... etc but it would not repeat.

I'm treating the incident same as a camera freeze .... and moving on.

 

I'd be interested to hear if any other M11 users have had a similar issue

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yep. Picked up EVF Thursday. Had exactly the same thing. Also haven't had it repeat, yet.

Definitely a bug of some kind.

Gordon

[Tailwagger]

Interesting. I haven't seen this problem and I've actually pulled the V2 to disconnect it while the camera was on so I could view the scene on the LCD when shooting with a tripod. Probably shouldn't, but I used to do the same thing all the time with the 10/10-R and 020 and never had any issues. 

[Herr Barnack]

On 3/10/2022 at 8:48 PM, orcinus said:

Firmware is a bit of a mess.

I had it do that after crashing in the middle of a Fotos transfer.
Pulling and reinserting the battery revived it.

That was going to be my suggestion.

When I got my M-P 240, I got the EVF for it.  Looking back, the only times I used it was when using extension tubes and a tripod to do macro shots, which was not very often.  I guess I am just a rangefinder guy at heart.

When I get my M11, I'm not going to get the EVF.  If I change my mind (which I doubt) I would wait till after the firmware is sorted out.

Edited March 12, 2022 by Herr Barnack

[digitalfx]

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ive removed the EVF may times and never experienced this...but I have had several very similar freezes at various times. As others pointed out the FW has a lot of bugs, hopefully these will be addressed soon.