liviu

<p>Shaun, sorry to hear that. </p>

<p>Thank you, guys. Wonderful crowd. Will try to turn it off and let you know. Will cover the broken lcd with a temporary patch (electric tape etc), or even (reluctantly lustful) a Luigi case. Will fix it at some point, I reckon. <br>

Thanks again. A privilege to have you around.</p>

<p>Hello there Arthur!<br>

Thanks for your answer. Well, I have the keyboard but can't see the monitor. Been there before in accidental computing scenarios. So in my opinion a set of instructions would be something like:<br>

1) Press Menu<br>

2) Press set<br>

3) press arrow down twice<br>

4) press enter<br>

5) press arrow left<br>

6) Press enter<br>

This a completely imaginary set of instructions, yet I reckon that someone with an m8 could possibly provide the right scenario. But then maybe this is too much of a hassle?<br>

I have a second battery and the LCD is cracked mechanically. I just want to turn it off to save battery and lose the screen flickering after each shot. I even plan to ask Luigi for a case without a rear window cut :)<br>

Thanks again!</p>

<p>Fellows,<br>

I am using this camera. Its a good body, I'm confortable with it. Never had digital before so I am not very limited by this accident. Maybe I'll fix it at some point in the future, as I admit this is the best option. Yet, for the time being, I'd like to just turn the lcd off completely :) Right now it is just eating precious juice out of the battery.<br>

Fixing it is an option, but not that immediate, I'm afraid. So is the M9 :)<br>

Thanks all!</p>

<p> </p>

<p>Well, that is the zen path: to repair a cracked screen just to turn it off. <br>

For the time being, I'm looking for a mundane scenario: to turn it off either via USB or via pressing buttons in an educated "blind" way. <br>

Thanks.</p>

<p>hello!</p>

<p>I have one m8 with a broken lcd. I would like to have your advice on how to turn the damaged lcd off completely, so that it will not use the battery at all. <br>

I can't use the lcd to do the selection, so its either a sequence of buttons pushed that someone who has a working m8 could help me with, or something else. I use leica digital capture to set up the iso etc, but I see the lcd turning on with light after every shot and would love to cut it off completely.<br>

Thanks for your advice.</p>

the yashica lynx lens has a 45mm focal. f1.4. good advice.

this must be april's fool finding of the day.

Aha. I mean you said: "I also learned too late for the first two orders that they could be purchased a bit cheaper.". Can you provide specific figures and explanations, please?

 

Thanks!

Looks good. So whats the best place in US to order such a body?

"... Alot of people want one."

 

I want two of them. Im about to get the second one, I hope.

diameter? you mean focal length? for a 35mm lens has either 39mm, 46mm or 52mm diameter in the summicron, summilux asph and nokton incarnations.

i dont think the diameter is relevant for other criteria than viewfinder comfort issues. i reckon same focal with different diameters should behave quite the same, up to a certain point.

Perhaps, in terms of lenses, this is not the regular shooting kit used by Alex, but a test drive for his first filmless day?

hexar af.

great lens. good price.

hi there. im in a middle of a transaction with cameraleather right now... Since their site and mail server is temporary unusable because some tehnical troubles unrelated to the business itself, you can reach them at cameraleather@comcast.net.

 

hope this helps,

liviu

Great news about Leicagoodies :)

"while (reluctantly) selling with 999 BIN on ehbay my preciousss and unique baby, Ill also offer it to my leica friends here for a song at 1400"

True the Canonet is a great and compact camera. I would also add here the Yashica GSN or the Yashica GTN. VERY nice, 45/1.7 lens. Also the Yashica Lynx 14, somewhat bigger in size but with a great 45/1.4 lens.

These are all around 50$ :)

 

After buying about 50 "economy" cameras, I realized Im better off with a leica MP, which is the route I happily went.

I had contax G2, a nice black set, but never got along with the AF.

 

So you could consider either a yashica, olympus sp, canonet etc solution, or a leica III F etc. But even better, splash the cash and go for an M2/3 with a 50 DR and you'll be just fine.

MP.

i had a similar unfortunate experience with a tank loaded with 5 TriX films in a Jobo ATL-1000. For some reason, the fixer went in the first and washed away everything... Uhm... Minutes after that, the machine resumed normal behaviour...

MP.

bought from them too. good sellers.

Thanks a lot, Dan!

I got a Leica MP, and sold the m6 ttl to a friend who will eventually do it himself :)

 

A Happy 2007!

Id keep it as being very valuable, since it has a "personal" history.