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krimple
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Hello, all...
I've had the M8 go out to lunch on me a few times, each time when I'm shooting with flash. I have a cheap $30 auto flash unit that I just got for the purpose, and when I shot with it, I got a few lockups--the counter shows, but I'd freeze in review mode, or in a no-man's land.
In all cases, taking out the battery and replacing it cleared the problem. I was careful to make sure not to overdrive the buttons in review mode after I got this problem. I was also shooting with a hotshoe to pc adapter for my Alien Bees last night, but didn't get the same lockups.
Has anyone else had a lockup on the M8? Maybe this is something they're addressing with the 1.10 firmware upgrade in December?
I'm also getting variable indoor image quality--the Tungsten lighting gives me very smeary output, so I'm using flash for now. I got some streaks and blobs when shooting near bright lights indoors, so I can't wait for the hardware fix for that. I'm going to keep the R-D1 around for now for low-light shooting without flash if need be, until the IR filters and the firmware and the hardware fix are all completed.
Ken
I've had the M8 go out to lunch on me a few times, each time when I'm shooting with flash. I have a cheap $30 auto flash unit that I just got for the purpose, and when I shot with it, I got a few lockups--the counter shows, but I'd freeze in review mode, or in a no-man's land.
In all cases, taking out the battery and replacing it cleared the problem. I was careful to make sure not to overdrive the buttons in review mode after I got this problem. I was also shooting with a hotshoe to pc adapter for my Alien Bees last night, but didn't get the same lockups.
Has anyone else had a lockup on the M8? Maybe this is something they're addressing with the 1.10 firmware upgrade in December?
I'm also getting variable indoor image quality--the Tungsten lighting gives me very smeary output, so I'm using flash for now. I got some streaks and blobs when shooting near bright lights indoors, so I can't wait for the hardware fix for that. I'm going to keep the R-D1 around for now for low-light shooting without flash if need be, until the IR filters and the firmware and the hardware fix are all completed.
Ken
