[Leica] Leica Repair

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Hello Gene, pleased to read that those items were fixed for you quickly and
at no charge.
The frame lever stiffness has been reported as related to a minute amount of
binding of a pin in the frame line mechanism. It involves dissembly of that
area  to lubricate appraently though.
I don't know of any reputable camera repairers at least in the Western
hemisphere that don't charge significant amounts for their expertise, parts
and time. Anyone would think that they are trying to make a living!
Even so some still manage goodwill gestures on occasion. Kyocera and Zeiss
USA and Germany have both done that for me.
I have read several reports recently where equipment sent to Solms recently
for upgrade has received additional gratis work.
I've never had to have any Leica equipment repaired, but several CLA's on
older Nikon stuff educated me that it was cheaper to buy a replacement same
vintage item at today's depressed prices for older cameras.
Double those repair prices for TVs, DVD recorders etc!
Cheers
Geoff
Weather is here, wish you were beautiful


2009/1/29 <grduprey@mchsi.com>

> Frank,
> Unfortunately no pricing on the invoice, as it was all under warranty.
>  However, fixing the frame lever stiffness should have been nothing more
> than lubricant or loosening the lever, so probably no charge.  The sleep
> mode problem was a circuit board fix, I think they told me it was a
> transistor which was the culprit, but I assume they just replaced the
> circuit board.  I would therefore guess $100 to $200 for the board repair,
> even at Leica Prices.  I base this off a of a R4sp temperature problem fix 
> a
> few years back, it cost me $150 to fix, and I'm pretty sure they replaced
> the board with the problem back then.
>
> Gene -------------- Original message from "Frank Filippone" <
> red735i@earthlink.net>: --------------
> > I am really curious.....
> >> What would it have cost if the repair were NOT to be covered by the
> warranty?
> >> Does anyone have an idea ( other than a lot!)?
> >> Frank Filippone
> > red735i@earthlink.net
> >>
> > -----Original Message-----From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@
> leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i <lug-bounces%2Bred735i>=
> earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> > grduprey@mchsi.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:51 AM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: [Leica] Leica Repair
> > Hi all,
> > I just thought I would pass my recent repair experience with Leica NJ. I
> recently sent in my M8 and 21 Elmarit Asph lens for some repair work. The 
> M8
> had the turn on going directly to sleep mode problem with a sticky frame
> selector lever. The 21 did not trigger the correct frame lines and 
> therefore
> did not record lens data into the images. Both were sent to Leica NJ on Jan
> 9 and arrived there on Jan 12. Well today my M8 returned home, the 
> estimated
> repair
> > time completion was 3/18. The repair was completed in only 2.5 weeks.
> This has
> > been typical of repair times when I have sent stuff to them before.  Now
> if my 21mm lens will also return soon, they estimate was also 3/18 for it,
> seems a bit long for a mount replacement. By the way the M8 is now back to
> perfect working order.
> > Cheers,
> > Gene
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Geoff
> Weather is here, wish you were beautiful
>