Stan Yoder Posted August 3, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 3, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) After dropping my M8 in June and bollixing the shutter, I sent it to Allendale. They said they would replace the shutter. Today it came back: a whole new M8, complete with the latest firmware. The question: does Leica do this with truly new units, or use refurbs? I ask only because the replacement's s/n is much lower than my original's (3101725 vs 3107492.) Yes, I'm aware that s/ns are not a trustworthy guide to date-of-production. Stan Yoder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rwfreund Posted August 3, 2007 Share #2 Posted August 3, 2007 Depot replacement and factory refurb is a well known and lower cost approach for items that require precision manufacturing techniques at least for anything approaching a complex repair. new or refurb, ti ought not to make much difference unless you have an emotional attachment to those particular bits of plastic, glass metal, and silicon. -bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilihead Posted August 4, 2007 Share #3 Posted August 4, 2007 What sound does an M8 make as it strikes the concrete? ---- Surely, the answer is not fit to print!!! Sorry for your loss... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwfreund Posted August 4, 2007 Share #4 Posted August 4, 2007 Does the M8 sound louder than the M7 when it hits the concrete? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Yoder Posted August 4, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted August 4, 2007 What sound does an M8 make as it strikes the concrete? ---- Surely, the answer is not fit to print!!! Sorry for your loss... Well, I was sorry too. I was on a two-week Elderhostel in NW Michigan (Sleeping Bear Dunes Nat'l Lakeshore) for nature/landscape photog'y. About 2/3rds the way through I was using the M8 with a Viso III on a tripod, shooting flowers. When I went to break down the combo, I detached the M8 from the Viso, but for reasons unknown (strike that: stupidity) I a) had both hands on the Viso, and for the first time in memory did not have my arm through the strap. Down she went onto a gravel road surface. Impact point was one corner of the bottom plate. I could see that the shutter leaves were askew, so I reverted to my Digilux-2 backup for the remainder of the Hostel. All better now. Thanks, Allendale. Stan Yoder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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