[Leica] Problem with new to me M8

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

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
>
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