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Ying - Yang
Ying - Yang
I am brand new to the M8 and pretty new to rangefinder photography. I just got my new/factory refurbished M8. I posted this cut and paste at the Leica forum ... which pretty much sums up my initiation into M8 life. Pardon the re-use
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So I finnaly got back from my vacation and found that my M8 had arrived at my dealer. I picked it up yesterday and shot some 40 to 50 test shots. I'm extremely impressed by how the body handles. The viewfinder, after only experiencing the M4-P was a startling surprise - how bright and easy to use. The body is solid in a very nice way, it inspires confidence and the shutter was much quieter than coments here and elsewhere would have made me expect. Count me as very impressed.
There is unfortunately a fly in this yummy soup. I've read the comments here and truth be told was put off enough about the reliability of this first electronic foray of Leica's that I almost passed. But I though ... it's been a good long while ... the bugs are probably mostly worked out ... how unlucky could I be ... right?
Pretty unlucky. I should say that half way through my first pics yesterday, the camera would not fire. I took the battery out ... the card too ... a few times - and all of a sudden it was back to shooting. The error was simply "ERR". Card contacts, I thought.
This morning, the camera operates all the menu items but when the shutter is pressed - nothing. The error now, on the back lcd, is " Attention Shutter Fault "
Bummer.
Nothing I've tried has worked and the battery was charged to completion over night. I hope it has something to do with the battery. So I guess I better look up those ol' threads. I also find that the croma noise is terrible at above iso 640 and I get banding at iso 2500 that seems to include the line from lights. I also noticed it in one shot at lower iso. The noise does not bother me in the least ... in fact I am very, very pleased with the IQ (and that is after coming from a D700! ) One has to live with both the benefits and liabilities I tend to believe.
So over all ..... count me as a very happy customer. Hopefully just a bump in the road, soon to get fixed. Stuff happens. The camera is exactly what I want. The part that makes me nervous though is not that this happened and that I got unlucky ... but the fact that this is a refurbished M8; one that has been "gone over" already as the phrase used went.
Oh well .... cross your fingers for me. I mean .... how much more unlucky could I be ... right?
oh .... and it seems that I do qualify for the two free filters, even though it is a refurb. Nice!
Ying - Yang
I am brand new to the M8 and pretty new to rangefinder photography. I just got my new/factory refurbished M8. I posted this cut and paste at the Leica forum ... which pretty much sums up my initiation into M8 life. Pardon the re-use
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So I finnaly got back from my vacation and found that my M8 had arrived at my dealer. I picked it up yesterday and shot some 40 to 50 test shots. I'm extremely impressed by how the body handles. The viewfinder, after only experiencing the M4-P was a startling surprise - how bright and easy to use. The body is solid in a very nice way, it inspires confidence and the shutter was much quieter than coments here and elsewhere would have made me expect. Count me as very impressed.
There is unfortunately a fly in this yummy soup. I've read the comments here and truth be told was put off enough about the reliability of this first electronic foray of Leica's that I almost passed. But I though ... it's been a good long while ... the bugs are probably mostly worked out ... how unlucky could I be ... right?
Pretty unlucky. I should say that half way through my first pics yesterday, the camera would not fire. I took the battery out ... the card too ... a few times - and all of a sudden it was back to shooting. The error was simply "ERR". Card contacts, I thought.
This morning, the camera operates all the menu items but when the shutter is pressed - nothing. The error now, on the back lcd, is " Attention Shutter Fault "
Bummer.
Nothing I've tried has worked and the battery was charged to completion over night. I hope it has something to do with the battery. So I guess I better look up those ol' threads. I also find that the croma noise is terrible at above iso 640 and I get banding at iso 2500 that seems to include the line from lights. I also noticed it in one shot at lower iso. The noise does not bother me in the least ... in fact I am very, very pleased with the IQ (and that is after coming from a D700! ) One has to live with both the benefits and liabilities I tend to believe.
So over all ..... count me as a very happy customer. Hopefully just a bump in the road, soon to get fixed. Stuff happens. The camera is exactly what I want. The part that makes me nervous though is not that this happened and that I got unlucky ... but the fact that this is a refurbished M8; one that has been "gone over" already as the phrase used went.
Oh well .... cross your fingers for me. I mean .... how much more unlucky could I be ... right?
oh .... and it seems that I do qualify for the two free filters, even though it is a refurb. Nice!
