Reid McClure Posted June 27, 2024 Share #1 Posted June 27, 2024 Advertisement (gone after registration) In April of this year I was hiking in White Sands, Guadalupe Mountains and Saguaro National Parks. I used the Peak Design v.3 system to attach my Q2 to the strap of my daypack as a covenient way to have quick and easy access to the camera. All was well until the 3rd day in Saguaro when, first shot of the day, I look into the viewfinder and all I see are pink and green swirls in the EVF. I could make out the objects in view, but man it looked like looked like a psychedelic collage! All other camera functions worked perfectly. Well, here's where it gets interesting. I retrieve the Q2 out of my equipment bag a week later and the EVF is back to normal. Well, I was hiking in Hocking Hills State Park 3 days ago, I had the Q2, again, attached to the daypack strap, released it for the first shot of the day and the same problem stared right back at me . Please note that I had used the Q2 the day before with no problem. However, I had not attached it to the pack. This spring, I thought the problem may have been due to having the viewfinder exposed to the bright desert sun when attached via the Peak Design v.3. But that's not the case at Hocking Hills 3 days ago. Question: Does anybody have an idea of what's going on? Thanks in advance for your help getting to the bottom of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted June 27, 2024 Share #2 Posted June 27, 2024 Sounds like magic... The only thing I can come up with is a flex cable not being pushed fully home and causing an intermittent bad contact when the camera is subjected to movement hanging lens down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viewfinder_vandals Posted June 28, 2024 Share #3 Posted June 28, 2024 Can you Provide pictures of it? I Had some evf issues on my q and its called evf delaminating By Leica itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid McClure Posted June 28, 2024 Author Share #4 Posted June 28, 2024 14 hours ago, jaapv said: Sounds like magic... The only thing I can come up with is a flex cable not being pushed fully home and causing an intermittent bad contact when the camera is subjected to movement hanging lens down. 2 hours ago, Viewfinder_vandals said: Can you Provide pictures of it? I Had some evf issues on my q and its called evf delaminating By Leica itself. Sure. Here is what it looks like: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/396945-q2-evf-problem/?do=findComment&comment=5394376'>More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 28, 2024 Share #5 Posted June 28, 2024 Very artistic; but possibly not quite what you want… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid McClure Posted June 28, 2024 Author Share #6 Posted June 28, 2024 No, it's not what I want. The bluriness is caused by using my iphone camera. But you get the idea. Has anyone used the Leica repair center in New Jersey? Any suggestions on how to handle for repair would be appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 28, 2024 Share #7 Posted June 28, 2024 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just call them; repairs do take long at present but if they can handle it locally it would be better. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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