Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would definitely try on the repairers outside Japan. 100.000 Yen sounds outrageously expensive. You could almost buy another M6 or M7 for that. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jan 26, 2011, at 7:22 AM, Peter Cheyne wrote: > 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 >