Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Shattered M8 sensor glass > > Today Leica Solms sent me their quotation for replacing my M8 sensor > glass and a new sensor. The new sensor must be added because the > glass comes to them with the sensor as a unit. The quotation was > for around 780 Euros. The estimate they previously gave over e-mail > was 1,200 Euros, so I didn't feel quite so bad when I read the price > quoted today. > > For the 780 Euro repair costs, I can at least be satisfied that all > of the camera functions will be guaranteed for a year, and that the > rangefinder will be adjusted and cleaned. I spoke with Ms Angela > Frankl by phone when I got the quote today. We went over the > details. The M8 leather would, of course, need to be replaced at a > cost of about 16 Euros. I told her the M8 leather felt quite > slippery to me compared with my M6 and M3. She said she understood > and that I could have my camera recovered with the M8.2 vulcanite > for a cost of 182 Euros. However, for that 166 Euro price > difference, I declined. > > ....................................... > > > + soft focus confusion > > I also asked her if I could send her my 2 Leica lenses and have the > M8 and lenses calibrated. She said that could be done at no extra > cost, so long as the lenses just needed a little tweaking, and she'd > make sure the M8 was held to wait for the lenses. > > By coincidence, I was getting ready to run my M6 and M3 with all > lenses through a tripod & tape measure focus test tomorrow. This is > on the advice of a couple of LUGgers, after someone noticed that a > series of photos I took with the M6 and CV Nokton were all soft in > focus. If the focus on the M6 and/or M3 is off then I'd send them > to Solms along with the Leica lenses, so I might end up with all my > Leica gear at Solms at once. > > Peter Cheyne > > > > >