During M11 photo review mode, shutter button does nothing (should exit the mode)

[nek724]

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As the title suggests, the other night I was out shooting, and I clicked replay to see the photo I just took for exposure and whatnot, then as most shooter would do from here to continue shooting, they'll click the shutter to turn off the back screen and resume shooting, well in my case, the back screen was still there, and I even switched off the camera, but guess what? The screen was still on. I tried clicking the d pad and buttons and they're all working, but it wasn't turning off. I forgot what I did afterwards but I definitely did not pop the battery out as I was worried it will corrupt the SD, but I got it working as it should again and moved on.

 

Is this something that is known already or it's just me?

Edited November 14, 2024 by nek724

[Smogg]

This happened, but on previous firmware versions.

[aficionados]

This is called freeze. A general feature that M11 has. Pop out the battery and you are good to go.

 

[nek724]

15 minutes ago, aficionados said:

This is called freeze. A general feature that M11 has. Pop out the battery and you are good to go.

 

I see. But I was still able to go through the menu, and change which photos to view. Did not try shooting, but next I'll try.

[Smogg]

6 minutes ago, nek724 said:

I see. But I was still able to go through the menu, and change which photos to view. Did not try shooting, but next I'll try.

What is the firmware version?

[lct]

Normal if you were in RF mode. I would just switch LV on and see what happens.

Edited November 14, 2024 by lct

[nek724]

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2 hours ago, Smogg said:

What is the firmware version?

The newest. Past firmware I've not discovered any bugs, this the first for me. 

 

50 minutes ago, lct said:

Normal if you were in RF mode. I would just switch LV on and see what happens.

Right, but the part where when I switched the body off, and the back screen still in the review mode had me skipped a beat though.

[lct]

Just make sure camera is in LV mode. When you switch camera off it should remain in LV mode then

[nek724]

2 hours ago, lct said:

Just make sure camera is in LV mode. When you switch camera off it should remain in LV mode then

I get what you mean, it's not about that, I mean like when I switch to off position, the camera stays on and doesn't turn off. The back is still operational. And also, as mentioned, I half pressed the shutter thinking it will turn off the back lcd (or at least bring me to LV mode), but it didn't do anything. The photo in review was still there.

 

All cameras if you half press it will get you back to shooting, right? So when I saw it didn't change, also turning off did nothing, it made me skipped a beat!

[aficionados]

2 hours ago, lct said:

Just make sure camera is in LV mode. When you switch camera off it should remain in LV mode then

Regardless whichever the mode you are in, turning off the camera should ....ahem... turn off the camera with the back screen being off too.

What are you talking about!

[lct]

53 minutes ago, nek724 said:

All cameras if you half press it will get you back to shooting, right?

Not the M11 in RF mode. When you're reviewing and you half press the shutter release, the LCD and the EVF turn black. I thought it is what happened to you.

[nek724]

26 minutes ago, lct said:

Not the M11 in RF mode. When you're reviewing and you half press the shutter release, the LCD and the EVF turn black. I thought it is what happened to you.

In this case, it was that half pressing the shutter and switching to off position did nothing. The photo stayed there. I looked at the back like wtf, that's not what it's supposed to do, then clicked the center of the d pad and toggled through the image data and the FN to turn the LV mode on, but again, at off position, when I looked into the RF, I still saw the lines. And on top of that, I was expecting the feeling of the shutter to close to confirm the M11 is off, but nothing. It was on still. Again, I forgot what I did but wasn't removing the battery, and it turned off and I double check the photo I recently took and they're still there and moved on. I'll go ahead and forward it to Leica about it.

Edited November 14, 2024 by nek724

[marchyman]

On 11/14/2024 at 8:53 AM, lct said:

Normal if you were in RF mode. I would just switch LV on and see what happens.

I guess you missed this part of his post: and I even switched off the camera, but guess what? The screen was still on.

That is not normal in any mode.  As mentioned above, pop out the battery and, maybe, do a camera reset.

[Jammy Dodger]

I occasionally get this and have had it on the new firmware, pressing the Lv button cures it for me.

[nek724]

If the camera turns off, I don't mind popping the battery out for few seconds (I think most electronics should be ten seconds), but if it's still on I'm not doing it.

I'll let you guys know about it if it happens again, of course.

 

Could it be that the camera is stuck reading some kind of data so it doesn't want to turn off yet? Don't know. 

 

4 hours ago, Jammy Dodger said:

I occasionally get this and have had it on the new firmware, pressing the Lv button cures it for me.

You're telling me you switch off your camera and it doesn't turn off too? No camera should do this as far as I know. That's why just like the x100v I had previously, I never updated that camera as it worked just fine.

[Jammy Dodger]

2 hours ago, nek724 said:

If the camera turns off, I don't mind popping the battery out for few seconds (I think most electronics should be ten seconds), but if it's still on I'm not doing it.

I'll let you guys know about it if it happens again, of course.

 

Could it be that the camera is stuck reading some kind of data so it doesn't want to turn off yet? Don't know. 

 

You're telling me you switch off your camera and it doesn't turn off too? No camera should do this as far as I know. That's why just like the x100v I had previously, I never updated that camera as it worked just fine.

No, sorry, I get the shutter button half press does not turn off the review screen which it should do; basically the shutter button 'doesn't work' as I can't take a picture either when it does this.

[nek724]

I've reported to Leica. Don't know if they'll respond, but if they do I'll let you guys know. In the meantime, hope it doesn't happen again.

I was done shooting and was walking and reviewing when it happened, but I really freaked out when it happened. Again, my guess would be either firmware issue, or was stuck reading data?

 

Fyi, I am using SanDisk UHS-I SD 256gb so some of you might say I'm doing something wrong, but it's been fine..

[nek724]

New day, and discovered something strange about my M11.

 

Yesterday I did some shooting and that was that. Today I took out the camera to review the shots, and when I turn on the camera, it didn't turn on. I turned it off and tired again, and nothing, then I half pressed the shutter button and it turned on. Tried all combination and I've noticed that it's all by random, but sometimes it doesn't turn on, sometimes it does. Sometimes it takes longer, sometimes I would click menu (or play, FN, D-pad button) and it would turn on, or that could just be coincidence timing. It's like if I switch on and it goes directly to sleep or something. Is this just happening to me???

[pedaes]

19 minutes ago, nek724 said:

I half pressed the shutter button

After you turn the camera on with the switch around the shutter button, don't you need to half press shutter button to make the camera 'live' and do anything? (Manual pages 42 and 43 explain)

Edited November 18, 2024 by pedaes

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[nek724]

3 minutes ago, pedaes said:

After you turn the camera on with the switch around the shutter button, don't you need to half press shutter button to make the camera 'live' and do anything?

No, usually you switch on the camera and you immediately (or I've noticed sometimes a slight delay) feel the shutter slap confirming that it's ON. In my case, I switch on, I'm waiting, and nothing, few seconds passed, I half press the shutter and the orange rear light comes on and its on now.