Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scandalous Mike microsat at eircom.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Cheyne" <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:22 AM Subject: [Leica] M7 repair advice sought > Leica Japan quoted me over 100,000 yen to repair my M7. Wow. They said > the LED is inaccurate (I never found that to be so, but things happen), > and the shutter speeds are wrong. That is why I sent it in to them, I > wish they told me their diagnosis of why the shutter speeds are wrong. > > Basically it was working fine a week before I noticed the problem. 2 > perfectly exposed rolls of Velvia showed there was no problem. Then a > week later I picked up the M7, dry fired it, and noticed the speeds were > off. Two weeks after the camera store's 6 month warranty expired. I only > bought this camera in June 2010, and really don't want to pay such a big > repair bill on it already. > > Now I have this hefty repair quote. I'm thinking maybe it would be > cheaper to send to Sherry Krauter, or DAG. Any ideas? > > > Peter Cheyne > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >