Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/24

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Subject: [Leica] M8 craps out
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:45:14 +0530
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Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Ouch.
>
> I believe a quick phone call to Leica NJ is in order.  I think I remember
> there is a one year warranty on repairs but if only just past a year they
> still might accommodate you.
>
> Even if CLAs carry no warranty you need to talk to them to discover your
> options.
>
> IIRC a woman named Sarah in the service dept has been very helpful in the
> past, but it has been a while (know on lots of wood) since I have talked to
> her/them.
>
> --Bob
>
> ==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?
> >
> >
>
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