M8.2 jammed.

[crumpledhero]

I brought my 8.2 to Shanghai over the weekend. The temperature there was around 10deg C - chilly. I was shooting with the 35mm summarit on both A & S mode. I took a couple of shots and was working fine until I went outdoors and it started to click contineously when I pressed the trigger. It just went on and on even when I tried to shut it off. Eventually I removed the battery to shut it up. But when I installed the battery again, it continued to trigger on again for about 2 mins then it shut down.
It happened several times a day and I am just wondering if its due to the cold temperature cause I never had this problem back home where its warm thoughout the year.
😡

 

[Ken Shipman]

I seriously doubt it was the temperature. Not really "cold" at all.
Maybe water condensation?
Did it return to normal when the camera warmed back up indoors?

 

[crumpledhero]

I just called the agent for Leica and he was very convinced that its got to do with the cold which affected the battery's performance. Suggested that I keep the camera close to my body when I'm out in the cold. Strange thing though, like you said, it was not bitterly cold and my Nikon D3 was working just fine. I'll try it out for a week now that I'm back and if it misbehaves again, will send it in.

 

[Rune]

10 degrees Celsius is not what I would call "cold"... In Norway, half the year we have temperatures like that 😛
Seriously, the M 8.2 is a German construction, and I doubt the Germans would make a camera that can't stand 10 degrees - that would render the camera useless in too many countries. Your Leica agent in Singapore may feel cold, but the camera should not! If there is something wrong with the equipment, it may actually be a faulty battery - try with another battery and see if that cures the problem.

 

[benmacphoto]

Sounds like a shutter fault.

Did it say that on the back screen?

 

[phototektour]

10 degrees Celsius is not what I would call "cold"... In Norway, half the year we have temperatures like that 😛
Seriously, the M 8.2 is a German construction, and I doubt the Germans would make a camera that can't stand 10 degrees - that would render the camera useless in too many countries. Your Leica agent in Singapore may feel cold, but the camera should not! If there is something wrong with the equipment, it may actually be a faulty battery - try with another battery and see if that cures the problem.

LOL, you are right ... 10°C are even in Germany not cold (looking at my kids running outside with a t-shirt 🙂 and also -10°C should´nt be a problem for a Leica M8. A R-D1 with a known week battery goes for it. I agree that seems to be a faulty battery or some probs with your M8.2, sorry.

 

[nad]

'allo 'allo

I've experienced the same with my M8.2. After some 1.000 clicks it happende once - just a few shutter cocking tries then OK again. Then at about 1.500 clicks I had to turn it of, then OK again. A few days later on a sunny 10C degree day it rapidly became worse within an hour or two. In the end it didn't even help to remove the battery - it stopped but when the battery was reinserted it started again before enven turned on. I tried 2 different fully chared batteries both original Leica. All pricure taken within that alst fatal hour are all well exposed, som it's not the shutter itself but rather the shutter cocking mechanism.
Now it's oof to Das Vaterland for repair.
I've not found references to this problem elswhere, but has others heard of this problem/fault???

niels

 

[RFNewbie]

I had the same problem on my M8 a while back. I don't think it was that cold when it happened. The problem occurred shortly after I charged the battery with a non-Leica charger. I took out the Leica battery and reinserted it multiple times but it didn't help the issue. I let it sit overnight and reinserted but still it had issues. Then I decided to swap batteries with another Leica one and it worked fine. It happened one other time months later but I can remember if I charged it with the Leica charger or the Delkin all-in-one charge. Since then, I only charge the batteries with the Leica charger and have not had any issues. I'm hoping it was just related to the charger.

 

[Pickett Wilson]

Its kind of nuts that a camera's operation is tied so closely to a specific battery and/or charger.

 

[nad]

I used 2 new original Leica batteries and the original Leica charger. I left the M8.e for a couple of hours without battery, but that didn't help...
I find it har to believe it's tied to the Battery - as long as it has the correct voltage - og the chager.

niels

 

[nobbylon]

IMHO it's kind of nuts that a camera costing this much has these issues! sorry couldn't resist another dig at Leica's ridiculous issues with their digital offerings.