jaapv Posted November 25, 2008 Share #61 Posted November 25, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I was not aware that the RD1 can be wound up. Some of the forum's participants now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 25, 2008 Posted November 25, 2008 Hi jaapv, Take a look here M8.2 shutter faults. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Neil J Posted November 25, 2008 Share #62 Posted November 25, 2008 The people on these forums are becoming increasingly weirder! Why not go test your Leica by seeing how many times it will bounce on a basketball court? Then if it not as much as a Hasselblad get yourself all distressed. Why not just keep your battery charged as in any other battery operated equipment and then use it to take pictures? The trouble with silly posts like these is that they might actually turn someone off buying what is a quality camera that is capable of producing great shots inconspicuously. You will always get a bunch of bored technophile wannabes that will concur with this type of written nonsense. So you have found the limit of your cameras battery and the resulting error message. Wow, why dont you go out and take some pictures with the thing and then report your findings. That is what the camera is for. If worse comes to worse buy a spare battery man. Does this sort of rubbish surface due to the time old saying 'a poor workman always blames his tools' ? Maybe the M9 ill be better or the M10 or the M11 - go take some pictures. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnalex141r Posted November 25, 2008 Share #63 Posted November 25, 2008 Yeah, I, too, have wondered about the amount of current required to arm the shutter. The only times I get shutter "problems" is when it is well below freezing point outside, and my M8 is cold, and thus the battery is cold. It always hangs up trying to arm the shutter. My very informal thought is that Canon and Nikon, etc, have the process of arming their shutters down to a fine art; they have minimized current draw requirements. I'd guess that the amount of effort required, and shutter mechanism redesign, is beyond what Leica can pay for. So, we are left with boundary cases where the instantaneous current draw MIGHT bring the amount of "oomph" left in a battery below the threshold needed. My solution? Provide a way of putting a higher capacity battery on an M8. JohnS Snowy Ottawa, Canada. Hi Pete, But Canon/Nikon etc do manage to handle this in a much better way. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tariqzafar Posted January 25, 2009 Share #64 Posted January 25, 2009 Hi i have an m8. Today suddenly while in continuous mode the shutter fault - and err has appeared. I tried removing and charging - nothing happening. Its almost brand new maximum 200 shots. Would be extremely grateful if someone could help. Thanx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fursan Posted January 25, 2009 Share #65 Posted January 25, 2009 There have been posts in the near past which give me the impression that it is becoming more of a fan club comprised of a few members which are fully represented in this thread. If someone asks for advice, he/she is set upon. At times genuine queries have resulted in the op being labelled a troll, only to find that he is on Newsweek's staff. Then the grovelling started, eachone trying to outdo the other in trying to show the magazine staffer how concerned they were with his issue. The OP in this thread found something that he thought he should report. See what happens. The early M8 threads show how silly the questions were that were raised by the current so called 'experts'. Inspite of all this defensive mentality, there is a preponderance of genuinely helpful people that really want to help and share their expertise. To them we should be grateful, as they make the forum enjoyable for me. The M8 ( and the M8.2 which I don't have ) are beautiful picture taking machines. With all their petty/or not so petty issues. To the original OP, thanks for bringing this issue to my notice at least. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted January 25, 2009 Share #66 Posted January 25, 2009 Hi i have an m8. Today suddenly while in continuous mode the shutter fault - and err has appeared. I tried removing and charging - nothing happening. Its almost brand new maximum 200 shots. Would be extremely grateful if someone could help. ThanxHmm, that sounds depressing. Is it completely dead or does the battery charge level show up? Does the red light under the LCD light up when you switch on? If you switch it on with the base plate removed, does the LCD show the baseplate warning? (Note this might reset the camera as it may force the software to "escape" from loop.) It sounds like your M8 suddenly died during C mode, the lack of battery warning allows that to happen which is rather irritating, but usually they come back to life after loading a fully charged battery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted January 25, 2009 Share #67 Posted January 25, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just as an update (I'm the one who started this thread), I've recently used the M8.2 full-time for a week in Tokyo and I didn't have any significant problems with it. ... That's really good news! Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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