[Leica] Why Pros in general and us amateurs do NOT or SHOULD NOT use Leica......

[John McMaster]

I was offered an upgrade (pre-prepared pdf) to M(240), M-P(240) or M(246) when the factory had received my M9, the difference in prices were not enough to sway me (plus I have an M(240) and the original Monochrom) so had my M9 repaired - at no cost to myself.

john

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> On Oct 7, 2016, at 7:10 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have been using Leicas for 40 years and have regretted every excursion into other systems.  I sent my film cameras in for CLA after every trip and never had problems with them. I sent my M9 in after I dropped it on a marble floor and knocked it out of alignment. They discovered that the sensor was bad and offered to replace it for free or give me the same amount off on the new Monochrome.

When they decide to give this service to all, they will have grown up.


Steve




>  I got the MM and haven't regretted it. I've been speaking to college photo classes lately and most of them have never heard of Leica!
> 
> Tina
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 7, 2016, at 9:36 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
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>> I have no idea why people compare simple mechanical cameras which do not require batteries (I have M2, Nikon F2 (plain prism) and 500C/M) with digital cameras. I used Fuji X-T1 and the results, for me, were nowhere close to what I get with Leica.
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>> john
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>> On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr>wrote:
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>>> ......In the last 12 months, three sensors (M9, original Monochrom and
>> S2-P, plus currently on my third S AF failure), all carried out >free including shipping.....
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>> Wow(?).   I used my (second-hand) M3 every day for 40 years, personally and
>> at work, and it is still going strong.  I'd still use it if I had a darkroom.
>> 
>> Loved my film Leicas, but I'm glad I saved a lot of money (and grief) by buying a Fuji body for all my diverse lenses.  No problems in three years.
>> 
>> -
>> Alan
>> 
>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
>> (Retired)
>> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
>> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
>> amr3 at uwm.edu
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>> 
>> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
>> 
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