[Leica] M8 shutter crapped out

[scottgregory at mac.com (Scott Gregory)]

Mark

Mark the M9 is a great camera tool period. It takes wonderful photos. 
Not a bad place to put your money at all. 

Scott

On 2012-10-24, at 8:49 PM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:09 PM, 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?
> 
> Hi Ric,
> So sorry to hear about your bad shutter. My original M8 had the same 
> problem after 4 months of use.
> I sent it from Northern Ontario to Solms and after many adventures and a 
> month on the road it finally
> arrived and was replaced. The new camera was delivered to me on October 1, 
> China's National holiday,
> and it lasted 23 days until it developed a dead pixel line. That sensor 
> was replaced free of charge and
> I had 4 years of good service until the LCD developed the famous coffee 
> stain and now Leica has no spare parts.
> I sold it for a very discounted price when Leica offered a discount on an 
> M9 (which I already have). I would try for
> an out of warranty replacement since you had the camera CLA'd just over a 
> year ago. Can't hurt to try.
> And in the meantime I would buy a used Fuji X100 to use as your street 
> shooter so you can keep on shooting
> until the M8 is returned and / or M9 prices fall into your price range.
> Again so sorry to hear about your misfortune. I know from personal 
> experience how frustrating that can be. :-(
> Howard
> 
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