I have a very early M8 with over 1,000,000 clicks on the shutter. Well recently the shutter started sounding strange then it chewed itself into a mangled mess. In the meantime i purchased an M9 that i love, but id love to get the M8 up and running and use it as a backup and B/W unit. I sent the body to Leica in New Jersey and they quoted $1600 USD to do the fix. Yikes!! Thats more than the cost of a used M8 body here in Toronto. Im wondering if there's anyone who knows of someone who could repair this body with used parts for a reasonable fee. I dont trust myself to do the work myself, but if anyone has any suggestions for a repair alternative it would help me out a lot. My heart sinks seeing this body sitting on a shelf collecting dust.