Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] M8 craps out
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:28:13 -0500
References: <DAE45F28-8AF4-4F01-A6F4-DA356038E377@embarqmail.com>

If it were a dSLR, I'd buy a newer one, but the M8 was too expensive to 
mothball. A difficult call.

Sent from my iPad

Jeffery L. Smith
New Orleans, Louisiana
USA

On Oct 23, 2012, at 19:09, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> 24 hours into vacation on Ocracoke Island my M8 shutter crapped out
> 
> just over a year since it returned from a $400+ CLA from Leica
> 
> Looked inside and found the shutter blades piled up, one bulging toward 
> lens
> 
> was hoping to see an m9 price drop and maybe grab one in the next few 
> months, but this sure changes the timing concerns
> 
> anyone know shutter replacement cost?
> 
> suggestions?
> 
> Ric Carter
> www.CartersXRd.net
> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter
> 
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