Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]at this point, the emotion and expense is all a sunk (i.e., zero) cost. that's why i can't ask for more. for a prospective used buyer, you should get 14 day return privileges (you should probably get this with any camera, especially a digital) and you'll know soon enough if you have a bad sensor or a misaligned rangefinder. -rei Mark Rabiner wrote: >> I'll humbly add my name to the list of luminaries. >> >> My M8 has been a worthy successor to my M6s and MP. >> >> Frustrating at first for me, no doubt. First of all, you had to get >> those filters. Mine originally had a bad sensor and had to be >> replaced. I also had it back to Leica twice to get the rangefinder >> adjusted to be just right with the Noctilux. I had a number of lenses >> sent in to get the coding. Months went by with each step. It was >> frustrating. I admit, there were moments when it felt expensive and >> foolish. >> >> But after all the dust settled, I had a camera that could really take >> some nice photographs. I could forget about the machine and think about >> images. What more can you ask for in a camera? >> >> -rei >> > > What more can I ask for in a camera? > A camera with about a tenth of those issues, Rei!. > A camera with about a none of those issues! > A camrea with no send backs. None. > I've never in my life had to send back a camera or a lens so they could > get > it right a second time let alone third. Or forth. > I'd love not to start now. Which is a main reason why I'd pay pie in the > sky > prices for an M9 and WAIT rather than a grand or whatever the plummeting > price might be next week for an M8 almost guaranteed to give me problems. > And lots of em! I do really hate paying for problems even if its cheap. I > think the problems should have to pay for me. And I'd charge them a lot of > money. > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >