TheGodParticle/Hari Posted March 1, 2023 Share #861 Posted March 1, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) A little love also for the black paint 0.58 m7 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 14 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/233570-i-love-my-m7/?do=findComment&comment=4706339'>More sharing options...
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newtoleica Posted March 1, 2023 Share #862 Posted March 1, 2023 M7 black dot, green tea and cake... who needs more? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/233570-i-love-my-m7/?do=findComment&comment=4706350'>More sharing options...
Huss Posted May 13, 2023 Share #863 Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Steven said: M7 “Millenium”. Took me years to build this camera. I managed to make 8 of them. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M7 Minitar. Took me 10 minutes to build this camera. I managed to make one of them. Edited May 13, 2023 by Huss 4 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9reno Posted May 14, 2023 Share #864 Posted May 14, 2023 On 3/1/2023 at 6:32 PM, TheGodParticle/Hari said: A little love also for the black paint 0.58 m7 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Hari, is that beautiful BP lens a later edition than the "Millennium" lenses starting with sn 4.000.001? The engraving on the lens is a slightly different style, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGodParticle/Hari Posted May 14, 2023 Share #865 Posted May 14, 2023 5 hours ago, M9reno said: Hari, is that beautiful BP lens a later edition than the "Millennium" lenses starting with sn 4.000.001? The engraving on the lens is a slightly different style, too. Yes, this lens is a v2 Summicron BP and was part of the Your Mark edition. I think the Ara Güler edition also came with a v2 BP summicron 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGodParticle/Hari Posted May 26, 2023 Share #866 Posted May 26, 2023 On 5/13/2023 at 6:14 PM, Huss said: M7 Minitar. Took me 10 minutes to build this camera. I managed to make one of them. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! That's a really compact lens with a respectable f2.8, how do you like it's performance @Huss? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huss Posted May 26, 2023 Share #867 Posted May 26, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) 6 hours ago, TheGodParticle/Hari said: That's a really compact lens with a respectable f2.8, how do you like it's performance @Huss? It's a smeary mess that is sharp in the middle, saturates colours, heavy vignetting and has so much pincushion distortion I call it pincouch distortion. I love it. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/233570-i-love-my-m7/?do=findComment&comment=4780612'>More sharing options...
TheGodParticle/Hari Posted May 28, 2023 Share #868 Posted May 28, 2023 On 5/26/2023 at 11:51 PM, Huss said: It's a smeary mess that is sharp in the middle, saturates colours, heavy vignetting and has so much pincushion distortion I call it pincouch distortion. I love it. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Looks like a low cost fun lens Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huss Posted May 29, 2023 Share #869 Posted May 29, 2023 15 hours ago, TheGodParticle/Hari said: Looks like a low cost fun lens Unfortunately not that low a cost! Compared to Leica glass - yes. When it first was released the Chinese M lens invasion had not yet happened, and so the Minitar was the cheapest new M mount that was rangefinder coupled on the market. Back then - 10:years ago? - it was $350. Now it is $250 direct from Lomography while 7Artisans etc now have taken over the affordable M market. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marckyokay Posted June 18, 2023 Share #870 Posted June 18, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 12:20 AM, TheGodParticle/Hari said: Yes, this lens is a v2 Summicron BP and was part of the Your Mark edition. I think the Ara Güler edition also came with a v2 BP summicron Gosh that dream lens… lovely BP but with 11 aperture blades… How is someone so lucky to find it… Getting the Your Mark and selling all the rest? 🥲 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGodParticle/Hari Posted June 18, 2023 Share #871 Posted June 18, 2023 10 hours ago, Marckyokay said: Gosh that dream lens… lovely BP but with 11 aperture blades… How is someone so lucky to find it… Getting the Your Mark and selling all the rest? 🥲 Indeed … kept the lens and sold the body further. 35mm is my most used focal length, lucky to have many options to pick from 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share #872 Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) On 3/1/2023 at 7:32 PM, TheGodParticle/Hari said: A little love also for the black paint 0.58 m7 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Very nice M7 Hari For your info , I have just entrusted the M7 (for a counter problem that does not return to zero) to my Leica Store Paris to send to Wetzlar .... the delay is 7 months 🥲 .... surprising isn't it ? they no longer have competent technicians ? Best Henry Edited July 1, 2023 by Doc Henry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGodParticle/Hari Posted July 1, 2023 Share #873 Posted July 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Doc Henry said: Very nice M7 Hari For your info , I have just entrusted the M7 (for a counter problem that does not return to zero) to my Leica Store Paris to send to Wetzlar .... the delay is 7 months 🥲 .... surprising isn't it ? they no longer have competent technicians ? Best Henry Hi Henry, They’ve been trying to hire and train new employees for the analogue cameras. Looks like the efforts need to be intensified … 7 months is a long time. Hoping your camera comes back like new and gives you many more years of great images. Best Wishes, Hari 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knipsknecht Posted July 1, 2023 Share #874 Posted July 1, 2023 Looks like the demand from all over the world is pretty tough. Here is a short explanation on their website: https://leica-camera.com/en/service-support/repair-maintenance 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudgerer Posted July 1, 2023 Share #875 Posted July 1, 2023 Could be a couple of things at play here, the increased interest in and purchase of Leica's older film cameras and perhaps the reported lack of good QC on Leica's new ones necessitating early returns to Wetzlar for corrections of faults that should have been caught before they left the factory. All of which has been putting a strain on what appears to be their undermanned service departments and hence we suffer the long delays in Leica repairs of all kinds. Not analogue, but my Panasonic GH4 had to go in for service last month and Pana' warned me that there would be a long delay before I received it back, "probably up to three weeks"............... 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGodParticle/Hari Posted July 1, 2023 Share #876 Posted July 1, 2023 6 hours ago, Steven said: They had told me 6 months for a job on my MP. I ended being 13. Be patient, it won't be 7. Yep … good that film made a big comeback, now the consequences fall on the company and its customers Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock Posted July 1, 2023 Share #877 Posted July 1, 2023 6 hours ago, Smudgerer said: Could be a couple of things at play here, the increased interest in and purchase of Leica's older film cameras and perhaps the reported lack of good QC on Leica's new ones necessitating early returns to Wetzlar for corrections of faults that should have been caught before they left the factory. All of which has been putting a strain on what appears to be their undermanned service departments and hence we suffer the long delays in Leica repairs of all kinds. Not analogue, but my Panasonic GH4 had to go in for service last month and Pana' warned me that there would be a long delay before I received it back, "probably up to three weeks"............... That is good news, however there is a vast difference between replacing a couple of printed circuits (or whatever) on a digital camera and working on an analogue model. Also one or two independent technicians have been known to take up to 18 months to complete work on a Leica. The fact is that there is a chronic shortage of people able to carry out this kind of work, lets hope that things can improve. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudgerer Posted July 1, 2023 Share #878 Posted July 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Matlock said: That is good news, however there is a vast difference between replacing a couple of printed circuits (or whatever) on a digital camera and working on an analogue model. Also one or two independent technicians have been known to take up to 18 months to complete work on a Leica. The fact is that there is a chronic shortage of people able to carry out this kind of work, lets hope that things can improve. Yes you're right of course, it is probably much easier to switch out a circuit board than delve into a mechanical camera, but even troubled digital Leica's go into the rabbit hole of Leica Service for a long time, I don't think there's too much difference between service / repair times for either digital or film Leica's in my experience with both anyway...........Actually trying to get almost anything serviced swiftly and properly these days is wishful thinking. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisberg Posted July 2, 2023 Share #879 Posted July 2, 2023 18 hours ago, Doc Henry said: the delay is 7 months 🥲 .... surprising isn't it ? they no longer have competent technicians ? Interesting, Leica New Jersey adjusted the shutter and serviced my M7 late last year in about 3 months. I would expect Leica Wetzlar to have the advantage here but maybe not. -Thomas 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edstock Posted July 13, 2023 Share #880 Posted July 13, 2023 I bought my M7 when they first came out. Loved it, still love it. Took it to Europe a number of times, produced excellent transparencies, with Leica lenses of course. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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