Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My M8 has worked pretty much flawless, with only the bad transistor which put it into sleep mode upon turning it on, way back a year after I bought it. Since then Zero problems. I have never had a problem with service times, with prompt service and returns. And I'm not a pro. I will probably not ever by another new Leica, as they have priced themselves WAY out of my price range. I'll keep my M8 until it dies, or I can buy a used M9/M/10/SL someday in the future. Gene On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > I really don't think I get special treatment because I'm a pro. I do call > and talk to the Leica repair people and am always very, very appreciative. > I write them little notes and send them postcards and photos. I do think > it pays to be really nice to the people who are repairing your equipment. > They know who I am and know they will get feedback from me. Maybe that is > what makes a difference. > > Leica used to have a professional division with expedited service. You had > to send in tearsheets to show that you were a working pro using Leicas. > That hasn't been active for quite a few years now. I think they are > appealing to the Leica as jewelry people with their ads and campaigns, but > the actual people who work in the repair labs still respect those of us who > actually use the cameras. > > Tina > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:36 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > > More to the point... You are a Pro and get treated as such. I am an > > amateur and get treated as such.....It is a different standard. ( Pro > > green is better than amateur green. That is the message I receive.) > > The M lenses, unless you drop them, or do something else ridiculous with > > them, will last a lifetime with minimal repair assistance. > > I have a 1930 model 90 Elmar (pre 100,000 serial number)that still is in > > pretty perfect working condition as an example. > > > > The bodies may be great but it is the repairs that I am really griped > > about.... And I do love Leica glass... really. > > > > My M9 is now working fine, my Monochrom is now working fine. I need no > > other Leica bodies. ( somewhat thanks to Sony and Techart) > > ( to say nothing of the fact that I can not afford the $4-5-6000 lenses > of > > the SL or S series) > > > > If the SL had an auto iris R adapter, I would have jumped right in, > bought > > some affordable, used, R glass, and been a happy camper ( or so I think). > > But it didn?t and doesn't and will not. No SL in my future. > > > > No more Leica bodies in my stable. > > > > Frank Filippone > > > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On > > Behalf Of Tina Manley > > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2018 3:21 PM > > To: Leica Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Big SL Lens ( DIameter) explanation > > > > My SL 24-90 jammed when I was in Iran. It would not zoom at all. I sent > > a panicked e-mail to Leica and they responded immediately. They had had > > two lens that had that problem. The guy that worked on them talked me > > through how to tug on the lens hood to get the zoom to unstick. It > worked > > and I did that for the rest of the trip. When I got back home, the lens > > went to Leica NJ where they fixed it permanently and shipped it back to > me > > in less than a week. It hasn't jammed since then. > > > > Tina > > > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Frank all your camera issues seem to be with M?s a camera even though > > > digital is still very much a mechanical beast and the repair issues > > > seem to be more mechanical than electronic. > > > I think the new systems now from Leica, the SL we?ve been discussing > > > as well as the medium format S are working out. > > > I?m not hearing about repair problems on these newer system cameras > > > which are more firmly based on electronics less much less on mechanical > > systems. > > > I think they are working out. > > > I just can?t begin to almost afford them. They are the things dreams > > > are made of. > > > > > > If I had money rolling in I?d get set up with both S and SL systems. > > > > > > Ironic with Leica?s mechanical camera making history they?ve got the > > > electronics down just not the nuts and bolts. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > Photographer > > > > > > On 1/15/18, 5:56 PM, "LUG on behalf of Frank Filippone" > > > <lug-bounces+mark= rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > > red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > > Who says? Do you really trust Leica will properly repair your > > > camera in a timely fashion? > > > > > > My M6 was repaired but then they shipped me a body casting that > > > was so dented the film cartridge would not fit..... > > > My M8 had to go in twice because there was not a single pixel in > > > focus.... It appeared that the focal plane was twisted compared to > > > the image plane. > > > My M9 was fine until the glass cover plate fell off.... > > > My Monochrom was fine, with a corroded glass cover plate.... > > > > > > These cameras have spent a total of over 18 months being repaired. > > > You think pros can tolerate that kind of time without their > > > working tools? > > > Excuse me, pros get treated special, it is the amateur's repairs > > > get treated like .... dirt. > > > > > > To be fair, I have never had a problem with lens repair..... ( > > > mainly because I send them to DAG to be done) > > > > > > Not again. No more Leica bodies for me. Period. > > > > > > But with the Techart Leica AF adapter for the Sony A7 family plus > > > Leica glass, why would I? Best glass, IBIS, AF, bodies ( technology) > > > that I can afford to grow with. > > > > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > > > > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > > I think the SL camera though costing many thousands but then not > > > spend all the time in the shop > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >