Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/29

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Subject: [Leica] Question: M8
From: ken at iisaka.org (Ken Iisaka)
Date: Sat Dec 29 20:52:52 2007
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I couldn't agree more.  I don't like to own things which I would be
afraid of using.  I am at a stance that you extract more value from
the stuff I own by using them.

With the 10,000 pictures I've taken with M8, i figured I've saved
about $5000 in film, processing and scanning cost.

:)



On 12/29/07, Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I decided to pack it up in its original box, and put it in the
> > back of my closet...
>
> Jeffery, you're only punishing yourself.  If you can't bear the thought of 
> using the M8, sell it and pay off the damned credit card.  But I think in 
> the long run you'll be better off sorting out whatever problems come up 
> and use the camera.
>
> My first SL had a loose mirror, a light leak, a shutter speed dial that 
> lost its paint and came off, and the light meter quit in cool weather.  
> All within the 1-year warranty period.  Leica USA has also sent the wrong 
> parts, and Solms re-assembled my 280 APO's aperture mechanism wrong and to 
> top it of they lost its front cap.  I dread sending anything to Leica for 
> service.
>
> Yes I was pissed off and I cursed their service but once the problems were 
> sorted out I was left with a superb tool that was capable of making the 
> finest quality photos and taunted me to live up to its abilities.  I now 
> carry the camera everywhere because its not about Leica and their service 
> it's me and the photos I make with the camera.  And I carry a backup.
>
>
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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