[Leica] M7 shutter speed problem -- obviously an electronic fault---

[geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne)]

I left the batteries out of the M7 overnight and all day, as someone  
suggested, but then the same problem happens.  Auto doesn't fire at  
all; 1/250th doesn't fire at all; 1/50th fires at 1/8th; 1/30th fires  
at 1/8th;1/15th fires at 1s; 1/8th fires at 2s, with the LED counting  
down; 1/4 works as Bulb, it even counts up in the LED display; 1/2  
works as 1/2; 1s works as 1/1000th; 2s doesn't fire at all; 4s fires  
as 1/500; Bulbs works as 2s, counting down the LED.

Looks like something went wrong in the electronics.  It hasn't been in  
the rain.  I ran a roll of Fujichrome through it about a week or two  
ago.  They all turned out fine.  Looks like the thing just went kaput  
a couple of weeks past my buyer's warranty.

I paid 195,000 yen for the M7, used, from a store in Japan.  I suppose  
I should send the thing to Leica Tokyo and ask for a diagnosis and  
quote.

I'm really disappointed with it right now....

Peter Cheyne