eronald Posted June 21, 2007 Share #1 Posted June 21, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) My M8 in China has taught me all I needed to know, without taking a single image: - My answering machine rung through telling my lux summi asp had arrived from repair. I'd left by then of course (duration of repair 3 months 6 days). My only other wide is now on the camera , a 21. - The camera was very warm when I fished it out of the bag. It had jogged to self-timer position and taken one image, and was counting down to another. I removed the battery and decided not to use it, as it was so hot. OK - I'll tell you what it taught me, really: BUY A CAMERA THAT WORKS AND HAS A REPAIR SERVICE IN THE TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE. And yes, of course the M8 is just a backup, this time I learnt my lesson and dragged my 5 pound Canon 1Ds with me. It keeps on working, such obstinacy ! Edmund Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sdai Posted June 21, 2007 Share #2 Posted June 21, 2007 BUY A CAMERA THAT WORKS AND HAS A REPAIR SERVICE IN THE TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE. By that standard, then you could only live in Solms. I wish you good luck, Edmund ... it's also hard to reach Canon services in most Chinese cities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted June 21, 2007 Share #3 Posted June 21, 2007 Canons also have problem, Edmund. The Mark III can't focus right in sunshine. How's that? Sorry to hear that your M8 had problems again, but don't dismiss it. One day Leica will sort it out (and Canon will sort out the Mark III), and then it is going to be perfect, for its intended use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted June 21, 2007 Share #4 Posted June 21, 2007 One day Leica will sort it out ........ comedian? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwelland Posted June 21, 2007 Share #5 Posted June 21, 2007 My M8 in China Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGeoJO Posted June 21, 2007 Share #6 Posted June 21, 2007 Well, China it is . It so happens I also have a gallery from a recent trip to China taken with my M8: China in the Eye of Leica M8 Photo Gallery by Joshua at pbase.com. It functioned just flawlessly, I may add, thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry Posted June 21, 2007 Share #7 Posted June 21, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Graham and Joshua, I enjoyed looking at both of your galleries -- very nice photos. Larry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran Milich Posted June 22, 2007 Share #8 Posted June 22, 2007 Edmund, I've had the same problem while here on assignment in Brazil. Except it was with the 1Ds Mark II. Sending a camera out of the country for repair as a temp export is a costly nightmare. Canon replaced my sensor twice and the third time they replace the entire camera. I always have a back up whether its a 5d for the 1ds mark II or an M8. Mind you, the Canons have become a back up for my M8 since I've been working with it in the last few months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted June 22, 2007 Share #9 Posted June 22, 2007 I'm in Shanghai now. I think what the poster is saying is that in certain countries you're really on your own for the most part. If my M8 goes down here it will be a pain to try and get it fix. And forget about getting accessories. Part of owning a camera is also the support. Canon is probably also not all the great so I'm not saying the grass is greener. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwelland Posted June 22, 2007 Share #10 Posted June 22, 2007 It's certainly true that niche camera systems, such as Leica, are tough to find general support for even in the most developed countries. If you need universal support you need to be with Nikon/Canon or one of the other mainstream Japanese manufacturers such as Olympus/Pentax/Panasonic/Sony etc. My travelling companion in China dropped their Panasonic L1 directly down on it's Leica lens destroying the front element in the process. Since we were in Beijing it was a simple matter of going to one of the major electronic marts and finding one of the dozens of suppliers who had stock of replacement 4/3rds lenses. (although obviously not the original Leica branded zoom). Thus other than the heartache of losing a great lens for the trip, shooting could continue. If that had been one of my M lenses, I would have had to wait until I got home. It's just a fact of life that unless you live somewhere like NYC then it's tough to be able to walk in off the street and get spares or service for your M8. Even then it'll be tough if you need something right there and then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakley Posted June 22, 2007 Share #11 Posted June 22, 2007 My M8 in China has taught me all I needed to know, without taking a single image: - My answering machine rung through telling my lux summi asp had arrived from repair. I'd left by then of course (duration of repair 3 months 6 days). My only other wide is now on the camera , a 21. - The camera was very warm when I fished it out of the bag. It had jogged to self-timer position and taken one image, and was counting down to another. I removed the battery and decided not to use it, as it was so hot. OK - I'll tell you what it taught me, really: BUY A CAMERA THAT WORKS AND HAS A REPAIR SERVICE IN THE TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE. And yes, of course the M8 is just a backup, this time I learnt my lesson and dragged my 5 pound Canon 1Ds with me. It keeps on working, such obstinacy ! Edmund While I sympathize with frustration with actual defects, I'm confused here. I don't understand how having a Leica facility in your town would have resulted in faster turnaround on your lens repair. And you don't seem to be saying that the camera turning itself on in the bag (which is not a defect, and could have happened with any manufacturer's DSLR too) has required a repair The lessons I would have drawn from this trip are (1) don't send a lens off for repair if I need it soon and don't have a replacement, and (2) get a big enough bag to hold gear without squeezing it enough to turn it on or do other things I don't want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minglancelot Posted June 22, 2007 Share #12 Posted June 22, 2007 My M8 in China has taught me all I needed to know, without taking a single image: - My answering machine rung through telling my lux summi asp had arrived from repair. I'd left by then of course (duration of repair 3 months 6 days). My only other wide is now on the camera , a 21. - The camera was very warm when I fished it out of the bag. It had jogged to self-timer position and taken one image, and was counting down to another. I removed the battery and decided not to use it, as it was so hot. OK - I'll tell you what it taught me, really: BUY A CAMERA THAT WORKS AND HAS A REPAIR SERVICE IN THE TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE. And yes, of course the M8 is just a backup, this time I learnt my lesson and dragged my 5 pound Canon 1Ds with me. It keeps on working, such obstinacy ! Edmund China now has tens of thousands of Leica user, but Leica just have a very small sell-agency company in China. The user group in china is keeping growing fast, it's time for leica to consider establishing a new sub-company in china —— not only for user service, but also for this great market. BTW.if you're in china, you can seek some help in leica.org.cn and leica.org.cn/bbs .there has been over 2000 chinese leica user now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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