I want my M8 back!

[giulioz]

My M8 and 2 lenses were picked up on 2 January for upgrade and 6-bit coding. I am still waiting to have them back. Apparently, Leica is saying that they are waiting to receive parts necessary for the 6-bit coding. However, the camera should have been upgraded by now. Am I the only one having to wait for so long to have his stuff back? I am start feeling that, since I ordered the M8, I missed almost 8 months of photography: I ordered it on August, got delivered at the end of November, picked up after one month....I know I should have kept other cameras instead of selling them, but the M8 has been a big investment.

Giulio

[j. borger]

Originally Posted by giulioz

My M8 and 2 lenses were picked up on 2 January for upgrade and 6-bit coding. I am still waiting to have them back. Apparently, Leica is saying that they are waiting to receive parts necessary for the 6-bit coding. However, the camera should have been upgraded by now. Am I the only one having to wait for so long to have his stuff back? I am start feeling that, since I ordered the M8, I missed almost 8 months of photography: I ordered it on August, got delivered at the end of November, picked up after one month....I know I should have kept other cameras instead of selling them, but the M8 has been a big investment.

Giulio

Did you ASK Leica Customer Service to send the camera seperately?
If not... you should .. talk to them directly!
It is known fact that 6 bit coding can take a bit longer while camera fix always is within 2 weeks!

Good luck!

[jonoslack]

Originally Posted by giulioz

My M8 and 2 lenses were picked up on 2 January for upgrade and 6-bit coding. I am still waiting to have them back. Apparently, Leica is saying that they are waiting to receive parts necessary for the 6-bit coding. However, the camera should have been upgraded by now. Am I the only one having to wait for so long to have his stuff back? I am start feeling that, since I ordered the M8, I missed almost 8 months of photography: I ordered it on August, got delivered at the end of November, picked up after one month....I know I should have kept other cameras instead of selling them, but the M8 has been a big investment.

Giulio

Hi Guilio - I'm sorry you're having trouble. I was in the same situation, but I asked them to return the camera and lens(s) separately - I've found them to be really helpful over email, and to respond very quickly - I'm sure if you asked them they would send your camera back ahead of the lenses.

Mine wen't on the 4th, and arrived back on the 30th - the tri-elmar came back yesterday.

They also respond well on the telephone - good luck anyway.

[Eoin]

Hi Giulio,

I'm surprised to read Solms still have your M8, you and I sent it in around the same time and I've had mine back for over 2 weeks now. Give them a call or email them asking for the camera to be shipped even if the lenses are not ready.

BTW what happened to your 28mm?, what are you replacing it with?.

[xrogers]

Definitely call Leica and see what the holdup is.

My M8 is in Solms too, sent 1/15 to Leica USA, along with lenses for coding. The camera repair was complete 2/7---I figure two weeks from that day before it'll be back in my hands. The repair time is reasonable, but the shipping time isn't.

Clyde Rogers
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Apologies in advance, but even short bouts of insomnia can have strange consequences. A waiting for your M8 limerick:

A lad bought a Leica so fine,
through lights it would make a bright line,
to Solms it did go,
returned rather slow,
so now he is seventy-nine.

Or a haiku:

imperfect beauty
when gone to distant birthplace
we will wait for you

[giulioz]

It seems that they ship the camera and they are looking for the tracking number....

Eoin, since I managed to get a Konica Dual I thought to sell the 28 and get something different, however I had a second thought and ended up keeping it. I am a wide-angle shooter and I have to think how to rationalize my lens line up in terms of focal length/aperture. I guess I need to have my M8 back and click, click, click :-)

Giulio

[photolandscape]

I shipped my M8 to Allendale on the same date--January 2nd. They received it on the 4th. Probably got bundled as one big shipment to Solms with yours and all the rest the following week--I think it arrived in Solms on the 11th or 12th. Tracking software says the repairs were completed and camera shipped 2/7. I have no idea when to expect it here in the U.S. on the West Coast. I've already missed one paying assignment because I sold almost all of my other equipment to make the switch back to Leica.

Also sent my 90 Elmarit for coding. They apparently kept it in Allendale, did the work, and I got it back on January 25th.

[giulioz]

I finally got the camera back on Saturday morning. Now, if I could also have the lenses back I could start using the camera :-)

Giulio