Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can definitely buy an M6 for that... On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]