Leica M8 Shutter Bug (NOT shutter fault)

[jonaphil]

Dear all,

Here is my problem.
My M8 is less around 5000 shots, used with extreme care, no humidity, not used under rain, no extreme temperature, nothing special.
It decided at one point to have a re-cock problem.
First it decided to re-cock a bit more than usual.

See this video that i made as an example :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yQSqNeFmtk

Then, it decided to go in extreme re-cock mode, like in this video I made today :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etELefpV-HQ

And now, I'm quite unhappy.

I bought it used to a reknown shop which I trust, hopefully with a 6 monthes warranty.
A month ago.
So I should be covered by this warranty (I'll go get there on wednesday to give it back to repair.).

I have no idea of what this problem could be, found nothing about something "similar" happening.

2 weeks ago, at 1250 but especially 2500 ISO, I had real problems with horizontal lines going all through image too, not as a "green line", or a "black line" just like a moving line (it's never at the same place) splitting the image in two parts with like 1/3 to 1/4 stop exposure difference, at some point in some pictures, this line is blue.
But anyway, this happenned before to people.

I don't know what to do exactly.

I hope my shop will take it back and will send it back to Solms...

But here I say "Dear Leica, I'm not really happy getting a problem noone got before and this just after the "official" warranty expires"....

Any comment / help / welcomed.

Jonathan

PS : no update just before, no special shoot, no use, never felt, no difference changing lenses, tried reinstalling firmware, tried everything I could... Now you know ! And NO, I didn't get the "Shutter Failure" message !

[jonaphil]

I forgot to PS : bought it used, but from someone really serious, who used it with extreme care twice (he made less than 3000 shots for test).
Was still with all plastics, boxed as new, and is totally trustable.

[Lord Fluff]

I know this is an old thread, but I just bought a used M8 yesterday, low mileage, as new etc, and today the same thing happened to me.

Jonathan - what was the outcome? Anyone else have this happen to them?

[jonaphil]

Hello,

Well, unhopefully, not much.
I had a warranty from the place i bought it.
It went back to Solms.
They serviced and repaired everything (including changing sensor, for maybe other reasons), happened to cost 700€, but I didn't have to pay.
Good luck...

Jonathan

[masterkin]

crap, same thing happened to my out of warranty m8. I turned it off and on and it seems to be working fine for now.

[Brian Sweeney]

Check that you have the latest revision of firmware, 2.005. This fixed a particular shutter related problem. Might help, might not- but worth a try.

[masterkin]

Thanks for the tip, Brian.

I already have the latest firmware version installed. I just shot about 30 frames of the dog and it's been working great since. *crosses fingers*

[kully]

I remember a few users reporting the 'repeated cocking' issue. Ping an email to Leica, you'll get a quick response.

[masterkin]

Hey Kully, will give that a shot tomorrow and I might just spring for the shutter upgrade.

thanks.

[mess]

Hi,

As an addendum:

My M9 (8 months old, used mostly indoors and with great care) is showing the same symptoms. On the display it says "Attention: shutter failure".

Greetings,

mess