WTF.....S007 just crapped itself

[Jon Warwick]

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Earl

I'm going to stick with what's I've got. My main camera will be my Hasselblad 503 and will use the unreliable S007 as a back up.

The Hasselblad 503 was a real pain in the ass to drag around Ragasthan but when I look at the files I think f@ck it........ the enjoyment I get from using the 503 and processing the negs out weighs the lugging the sh!t around. As long as I'm fit enough I will keep doing it as well as bitching about it every time I have to lug it around.

At the end of the day it's what comes out of the printer that matters and as of now I prefer the look of my film prints over my digital ones :)

Ever considered the Mamiya 7? One of the best MF film camera for travel, with best of the best lenses, film flatness, vibration free leaf shutter etc etc. Edited November 12, 2016 by Jon Warwick

[Jeff S]

Ever considered the Mamiya 7? One of the best MF film camera for travel, with best of the best lenses, film flatness, vibration free leaf shutter etc etc.

 

I've mentioned this to Neil as well.....like an M on steroids.

 

Jeff

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[dritz]

I've mentioned this to Neil as well.....like an M on steroids.

 

Jeff

 

If a 80mm is the longest lens needed, then the Mamiya is an excellent, quiet, optically excellent camera.

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

I've mentioned this to Neil as well.....like an M on steroids.

 

Jeff

Maryiama or X1D.................I think I will stik with the X1D

[Bill W]

Mamiya 7!. I have not thought of one of these for many years. I had a good friend that used one in the late 80's. It was a great camera. His only issue was that the film advance lever kept coming loose.

[BigBabyEarl]

The Mamiya 7ii is one of my all time favorites. It's light, amazing rangefinder, metered and 6x7! The images from the 80 are some of the best I've ever taken. I recently picked up the 43 and 65 and look forward to them. It's a perfect travel system and creatively with double exposures and large negatives it never disappoints. I think it's a great compliment to a S when you want film and something a little different.

[Jeff S]

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Maryiama or X1D.................I think I will stik with the X1D

 

You haven't used either (or the Fuji), so your decision seems consistent by Neil standards.  

 

Jeff

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

You haven't used either (or the Fuji), so your decision seems consistent by Neil standards.  

 

Jeff

 

+1

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Update

I handed in my S007 to Leica Malaysia and they gave me a loaner 16 days ago (Leica Malaysia said I can only have the loaner for a maximum of 1 month), and my camera body has still not reached berlin yet WTFIIWL :(

I'm heading to the UK in 3 weeks time and taking either my 007 or the loaner and will defiantly not hand back the loaner until I get my camera back.

 

Neil

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Just got an email from Customer Service, and they are sending me a brand new S007 to replace my faulty unit.......................I'm starting to feel the love again :)  

[kparseg]

Just got an email from Customer Service, and they are sending me a brand new S007 to replace my faulty unit.......................I'm starting to feel the love again :)

I guess 2 weeks/months later we can expect to see another thread about the crappy Leica service and how X1D changed the world. Just decide for yourself and move on. 

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

I guess 2 weeks/months later we can expect to see another thread about the crappy Leica service and how X1D changed the world. Just decide for yourself and move on. 

Looking at the amout of posts you have I assume you are some sort of expert with regards to the customer service.

[John McMaster]

One does not need to post to read the many on/off threads you have had with your S cameras over the past while ;-)

 

john

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

One does not need to post to read the many on/off threads you have had with your S cameras over the past while ;-)

 

john

Exactly..................Thank you John.

 

There is light at the end of the tunnel after all

[ynp]

Exactly..................Thank you John.

 

There is light at the end of the tunnel after all

Is the light at the end of the tunnel is L or H shaped?

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

So I picked up my replacement Leica S007 this morning. I deleted my old one from the Leica owners website and registered my new one. Spent 15 minutes setting up the menus and were ready to go.

Thank you Leica for doing the right thing............I hope that anyone else that has any issues with there Leica S or in fact any Leica gear get the same kind of loving attention that I have received from Leica in Berlin.

 

Neil

[John McMaster]

I hope this one works as expected

 

john

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

I hope this one works as expected

 

john

 

Cheers buddy

[Jeff S]

Seems that Canon may be recasting its service department as a business/strategic opportunity....  http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2016/12/service-and-support-coming-at-ya.html

 

Words can come back to haunt if expectations are not met.  I'd like to see Leica step up to the table.....words and action.  The S system would be a good place to start....and not just for 'professionals'.

 

Jeff

 

 

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[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Jeff

The thing is Leica is about 2% the size of Canon. Cannon has money to spend on CS whereas Leica is counting every penny they have..........