lct tips - july 2024

[jaapv]

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Yes, it happened in tropical circumstances using the EVF. The camera overheated and shut down until it cooled off. Solved by better heat management.

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[lct]

The last M240 bug fix for freeze came with FW 2.0.3.0 if i'm not wrong. Was in April 2016, 3.5 years after the launch, so all hope is not lost for the M11 😉

[Rollei35]

23 hours ago, lct said:

 

• I’m adding Using black paint or black ink for pen coding to my tips for M11 series (tip 8). Sharpies are not inadvisable for pen coding uncoded lenses or adapters but the ones i used were not black enough to avoid false code readings and could cause freezes to the M11. Using a sharpie first to mark the coding pits is perfectly possible though but it is recommended to recover them by black paint of black ink anyway.
• About tip 7, camera becoming unresponsive and rear screen going black have been reported under firmware 2.1.1 in case of shots in quick succession. Happened to me once too so i updated my user profiles and since then i got no more issues.
• About tip 4, Leica has found a fix apparently but i keep it in my list given that some LUF members are keeping an old firmware.
• The tips are purely empirical as usual since 2002 so don’t feel compelled to follow them. All advices are welcome for improving the list if needed.
1. Switching camera off before mounting or removing a coded lens or adapter.
2. Switching camera off before mounting or removing the Visoflex 2.
3. Formatting memory cards with SD Card Formatter before inserting them in the camera.
4. Refraining from selecting lens detection auto for uncoded lenses.
5. Setting auto review to shutter button pressed.
6. Setting dust protection to off when using uncoded lenses.
7. Updating user profiles after 2.1.1 firmware update.
8. Using black paint or black ink for pen coding uncoded lenses or adapters.

 

This becomes a ritual or worse a cult now.

I also hit my head to a specific door frame everyday 6:53am three times with 12 seconds apart, then my stocks will go up that day. 100%, result guaranteed.

So are your points 1-8 to guarantee a non-freeze m11. Good job!

Edited July 6, 2024 by Rollei35

[Stevejack]

On 7/5/2024 at 5:47 PM, hjddd said:

that's right…… we never heard any of this precautions before M11 series， we just put SD cards in the camera， switch on and shoot， they never freeze， yes I own every model from M9 ……

One of my m11 bodies runs like a clock, the other freezes on occasion. All my other Ms were fine but people complained about all sorts of things over the years for every model released and I had none of those issues.

[LocalHero1953]

On 7/5/2024 at 5:27 PM, jaapv said:

Yes, it happened in tropical circumstances using the EVF. The camera overheated and shut down until it cooled off. Solved by better heat management.

Nobody has ever described Cambridge as tropical!

[nameBrandon]

On 7/4/2024 at 10:44 PM, lct said:

 

• I’m adding Using black paint or black ink for pen coding to my tips for M11 series (tip 8). Sharpies are not inadvisable for pen coding uncoded lenses or adapters but the ones i used were not black enough to avoid false code readings and could cause freezes to the M11. Using a sharpie first to mark the coding pits is perfectly possible though but it is recommended to recover them by black paint of black ink anyway.
• About tip 7, camera becoming unresponsive and rear screen going black have been reported under firmware 2.1.1 in case of shots in quick succession. Happened to me once too so i updated my user profiles and since then i got no more issues.
• About tip 4, Leica has found a fix apparently but i keep it in my list given that some LUF members are keeping an old firmware.
• The tips are purely empirical as usual since 2002 so don’t feel compelled to follow them. All advices are welcome for improving the list if needed.
1. Switching camera off before mounting or removing a coded lens or adapter.
2. Switching camera off before mounting or removing the Visoflex 2.
3. Formatting memory cards with SD Card Formatter before inserting them in the camera.
4. Refraining from selecting lens detection auto for uncoded lenses.
5. Setting auto review to shutter button pressed.
6. Setting dust protection to off when using uncoded lenses.
7. Updating user profiles after 2.1.1 firmware update.
8. Using black paint or black ink for pen coding uncoded lenses or adapters.

 

Not sure if this helps anyone, but I use these for 6-bit coding and they work great. Will also come off with isopropyl alcohol swabbing if you want to remove the 6-bit markings from the lens flange.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013VL6G4S

 

[lct]

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3 hours ago, nameBrandon said:

Not sure if this helps anyone, but I use these for 6-bit coding and they work great. [...]
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013VL6G4S

May i ask how many lenses you've been using those sharpies with successively? Just curious.

[nameBrandon]

2 hours ago, lct said:

May i ask how many lenses you've been using those sharpies with successively? Just curious.

8-9.. I often code my Voigtlander lenses as Leica, along with my older M lenses. The pen is the Sharpie brand, but it's paint, not ink.