sojournerphoto
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In the UK there is evidence that systemic failure in some health care trusts has led to many unnecessary deaths.
That is unacceptable!
Sold my XP1, committed to the M9...uh oh
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In the UK there is evidence that systemic failure in some health care trusts has led to many unnecessary deaths.
That is unacceptable!
jsrockit
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woodleica
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I no longer have my M9 - sold it in favor of an m240. However I was on an international trip through Hong Kong when I realized I'd forgotten my battery charger. I thought I'd find one in hk. Every shop wouldn't budge from a price of 500 us$ shops which had them were also not in plenty.
I just had a relative stop by the house and express it to me which was cheaper.
I realized on that trip that if we are traveling with these esoteric cameras and lose parts we are likely screwed.
I decided I'd always keep my fully mechanical m6 as a backup always.......
No problems with the M9 after 3 years of ownership. Amazing image quality.
I just had a relative stop by the house and express it to me which was cheaper.
I realized on that trip that if we are traveling with these esoteric cameras and lose parts we are likely screwed.
I decided I'd always keep my fully mechanical m6 as a backup always.......
No problems with the M9 after 3 years of ownership. Amazing image quality.
Duane Pandorf
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I'm new to the rangefinder experience and bought the M-E beginning of the year. Early on had an issue with a bad column array that was only noticeably when trying to pull detail with LR shadow slider and higher ISO photo.
They repaired it in NJ in two weeks. I now have over 15k actuations with no issues. I too have to remember not to leave things behind in hotel rooms as I did one time with my charger. (I travel half the year). I bought a second charger as a backup. Fortunately the hotel in Cambridge, UK were kind enough to mail it back to me to the US. Of course I paid for it. My spare battery was in the charger too.
They repaired it in NJ in two weeks. I now have over 15k actuations with no issues. I too have to remember not to leave things behind in hotel rooms as I did one time with my charger. (I travel half the year). I bought a second charger as a backup. Fortunately the hotel in Cambridge, UK were kind enough to mail it back to me to the US. Of course I paid for it. My spare battery was in the charger too.
raid
Dad Photographer
I try to give them that extra care.
Roger Hicks
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David_Manning
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Well, I have the new firmware installed. I'm leaving for Paris tonight...hopefully I'll have good luck and/or experience traditional Leica reliability 🙂
hepcat
Former PH, USN
Good luck David! Fair winds and following seas! 🙂
sevres_babylone
Veteran
David, I had a similar experience here in Toronto on a cold, though not freezing, drizzly day a little over a year ago when I was shooting the Zombie-walk. I'm not sure how many pictures I lost, but there were a few just before the bizarro lock-up. I had had a situation once or twice before when shooting concerts where there had been a lock-up; but the situation was cured by taking the battery out and putting it back in. Not so with the zombie walk. By the way on that Zombie Walk I was using a Panasonic Gold card, not the much-dissed Sandisks. The good news is that nothing like that has happened since, and I don't baby my M9, though I'm more careful, and have especially cut down on chimping when the red light is flashing.
I also don't delete pictures in camera. I have recently bought a couple of Lexar cards, but have also been using Transcends, and haven't tossed my Sandisk Ultras. I have not done the most recent firmware upgrade, because since last year's burn-out, there has not been a problem.
Pretty much what I do now, though I recently did use it (I don't have two) on another drizzly, though not so cold day. When the rain's heavier, it's time for my E-M5 and body cap lens (I know the latter isn't weather-proof, but it's small enough for me to mostly keep the rain away from it)
The Epson was regularly blasted in this forum for problems, especially shutter failure. One of mine made two trips to Steve's, and he could only fix it once. At one time, I had to send both of my bodies to Steve's for repair (and as I said, only one repair was successful.) Currently one works, and I'm not sure whether it's worth it to me to send the other one to Japan for repair.
I haven't seen a posting about shutter failure for a while though; maybe I was inordinately unlucky.
David, I hope that your M9 will not have the problem you had in Rio repeat. My experience since my crash should give you some hope in that regard.
I also don't delete pictures in camera. I have recently bought a couple of Lexar cards, but have also been using Transcends, and haven't tossed my Sandisk Ultras. I have not done the most recent firmware upgrade, because since last year's burn-out, there has not been a problem.
Pretty much what I do now, though I recently did use it (I don't have two) on another drizzly, though not so cold day. When the rain's heavier, it's time for my E-M5 and body cap lens (I know the latter isn't weather-proof, but it's small enough for me to mostly keep the rain away from it)
The Epson was regularly blasted in this forum for problems, especially shutter failure. One of mine made two trips to Steve's, and he could only fix it once. At one time, I had to send both of my bodies to Steve's for repair (and as I said, only one repair was successful.) Currently one works, and I'm not sure whether it's worth it to me to send the other one to Japan for repair.
I haven't seen a posting about shutter failure for a while though; maybe I was inordinately unlucky.
David, I hope that your M9 will not have the problem you had in Rio repeat. My experience since my crash should give you some hope in that regard.
David_Manning
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Forecast...drizzle in Paris. Oh well...here comes a real-world test!
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