Mathyshdc Posted December 17, 2022 Share #1  Posted December 17, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello ! I have a screen flickering problem since yesterday on my SL2-S. To give you some context, I have always used it with M lenses and the official M/L adapter. I have a 50mm summilux pre-asph and a 35mm summicron v4. The issue only appears when using the 35mm. When I switch the lenses, the flicker stops. I tried to reset the camera but it did not change anything. The issue also disappears when I turn the lens profile off. Does anybody have had the same issue ? If yes, how could I correct this? Thanks in advance ! Video : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mSWWK_FKVxJ32iuW-sXmSoYeDntFOvh4/view?usp=sharing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LEGEND Posted December 17, 2022 Share #2  Posted December 17, 2022 Hallo, I think I had almost the same problem with my SL2-S few days ago. This is the first time I notice something like this. My setup was different as yours. I had mounted Novoflex M to L adapter on my SL2-S and on him M42 - M adapter. Than I screwed in my Helios 44-M and than mounted my anamorphic lens Sankor 16 F on the Helios 44-M... I also have original Leica M adapter L that I use with my Leica M lenses but I did't want to stress him so I used Novoflex. I use this set up couple of years and also on my SL2 before... I never got any problem of this kind. Nothing, no problems with IBIS, no camera freezing, no shutdowns and no EVF/LCD screen flickering... This was the first time.  I operated the camera in the cine mode after some time flickering started... I did't recorded in that moment, just played with focusing two lenses at once... The flickering in the EVF/LCD was irregular, somewhat fast, few time a second... Like if when is weak contact between two wires and the light star to flicker or old neon tubes in the subway station... What funny is I used the camera that day for some time with this setup and there was no problem like this... The camera could record and shoot photos also...  I immediately after this started checked the mount on the camera, the EVF/LCD screen was on Auto mode so I also checked that... Changed few time from EVF to LCD to Extended mode and then back to Auto mode... On every setting it was the same flickering problem... Than I shut down the camera, waited few second and turned her on again... The flickering was still there... I shut down the camera, took the battery and SD Card out , waited few seconds and than started her back... The flickering problem was still there so I decided to repeat this but this time also to unmount the lens. I put everything back and started the camera... The flickering problem on EVF/LCD screen was gone... It newer appeared again and I hope that newer will... All this was few days back... This gave me a shock because the camera is new and I don't want to send her for repair. This never happened when I use original Leica M adapter L with M lenses... I newer tried this setup, Helios 44-M and Sankor 16F on this Leica adapter because it is little bit heavy... The camera is on the last FW and I use Kingstone Canvas 128Gb v90 300Mb/s SDXC  cards... My conclusion is that this is some kind of FW glitch of some kind... Funny thing is that this happened almost at the same time on your SL-2-S and my... I purchased my SL2-S new in August this year if this mean something... I hope that this can help you to resolve this problem... Good luck... Nikola 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted December 17, 2022 Share #3  Posted December 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Mathyshdc said: Hello ! I have a screen flickering problem since yesterday on my SL2-S. To give you some context, I have always used it with M lenses and the official M/L adapter. I have a 50mm summilux pre-asph and a 35mm summicron v4. The issue only appears when using the 35mm. When I switch the lenses, the flicker stops. I tried to reset the camera but it did not change anything. The issue also disappears when I turn the lens profile off. Does anybody have had the same issue ? If yes, how could I correct this? Thanks in advance ! Video : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mSWWK_FKVxJ32iuW-sXmSoYeDntFOvh4/view?usp=sharing you mean this ?   1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGEND Posted December 17, 2022 Share #4  Posted December 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, frame-it said: you mean this ?   Hi, in my case there was no "Unknown Lens" message... It just started flickering EVF/LCD screen after some time camera operating in Cine mode... Before I mounted the lens I had turned of Auto lens recognition and manually entered the 58mm of my Helios 44-M... I must say that the Novoflex M to L adapter sit really good on the L mount side on the SL2-S... Almost as good as the Leica native M-Adapter-L... But on the M mount side where you mount the lens there is little wiggling noticeable, but not much... As the Novoflex adapter have no 6-bit code this could not be a problem from the lens side... Also the M42-M adapter that I mounted on the Novoflex is without 6-bit code ... I think the problem is somewhere else... Most likely in the FW code... Nikola Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathyshdc Posted December 17, 2022 Author Share #5 Â Posted December 17, 2022 45 minutes ago, frame-it said: you mean this ? Â Â That is exactly the issue I have. I tried to unscrew everything of the camera, then put everything back and it stopped flickering. From what I read on the posts you linked, I think I might need to send the lens to make it coded... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGEND Posted December 19, 2022 Share #6  Posted December 19, 2022 On 12/17/2022 at 10:50 AM, Mathyshdc said: Hello ! I have a screen flickering problem since yesterday on my SL2-S. To give you some context, I have always used it with M lenses and the official M/L adapter. I have a 50mm summilux pre-asph and a 35mm summicron v4. The issue only appears when using the 35mm. When I switch the lenses, the flicker stops. I tried to reset the camera but it did not change anything. The issue also disappears when I turn the lens profile off. Does anybody have had the same issue ? If yes, how could I correct this? Thanks in advance ! Video : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mSWWK_FKVxJ32iuW-sXmSoYeDntFOvh4/view?usp=sharing Hi, just watched the video that you provided... I had exactly the same flickering of the EVF/LCD screen... In my post here I described everything I know and did to stop the flickering problem... I hope it will help you to resolve this on your Leica SL2-S... Nikola Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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