Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/16

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Subject: [Leica] Long term M7 satisfaction?
From: zeissler at mac.com (Mitch Zeissler)
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 04:46:36 -0500
References: <165D117A-997C-4A7D-A313-71C5091D2869@mac.com> <69D2976F-799E-4311-B2C7-3A4FB582168C@cartersxrd.net> <B7652864-8E67-40FB-A2FD-811C185E165C@mac.com> <76B6D057-2FF4-4218-85CD-9919B42C7C1D@cartersxrd.net> <473D222F-60DD-43C2-9E36-ACD644CB7692@gmail.com>

Thanks, Henning!

Mitch Zeissler
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> On Jan 16, 2015, at 2:33 AM, Henning Wulff <hjwulff at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've had mine since 2000 and had no problems whatsoever, but it didn't get 
> used as hard as the M6 I had (and still have). I had an Abrahamsson winder 
> on it for the first few years and then put a Leica Motor on it, which I 
> used it with mostly. I had two Konica RF's from about the same time I got 
> the M7 until 2007 and they got used more, mainly due to the built in motor 
> and therefore lighter weight. Both those cameras pretty much wore out 
> while each got about three times as much use as the M7 and about the same 
> as the M6. Just not in the same class for long term durability as the 
> Leicas.
> 
> I would have no hesitation in thinking of getting an M7 for long term use.
> 
> Henning



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Message from zeissler at mac.com (Mitch Zeissler) ([Leica] Long term M7 satisfaction?)
Message from ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter) ([Leica] Long term M7 satisfaction?)
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