Leica CLA?

[tommonego@gmail.com]

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I just realized my 6 year old CL is approaching 40,000 frames and it may be time for a CLA, has anybody done this. I would like to get a handle on the estimated cost. 

 

[dpitt]

If it still works fine, I would not worry. I have an M3 from 1955 that still has the Leica seal. As long as it does what it needs to do without issues, I am happy.

[tommonego@gmail.com]

vor 17 Stunden schrieb dpitt:

If it still works fine, I would not worry. I have an M3 from 1955 that still has the Leica seal. As long as it does what it needs to do without issues, I am happy.

I have a 1957 M3 that was in an attic for 20+ years and needed 2 trips to the repair shop to be right, a third to find out that the information the first repair place told me about it was about to have a permanent breakdown was incorrect. But I still baby it.

The CL is developing some annoying habits, but it is still my favorite camera. The problems maybe more software related, so maybe a reset is in order. 

[TMorita]

40k is not that many shots.

I have an Olympus OM-D E-M1 II that I bought used with 2k shots, currently 270k shots, never needed a CLA.

I have a Sony RX1 with over 100K shots that has never needed a CLA (has been in for repair twice though).

So if it's working fine, I wouldn't worry about it.

Toshi

[tommonego@gmail.com]

When I first had Leicas, M2 or M3, it went around Leica owners I knew that they should have a CLA every 5 years or as needed. I was having some funky problems on a current vacation, so my first reaction was to have Leica look it over. As I looked at the problems they seemed software (firmware) rather than hardware. I ended up retsetting the firmware, and this seemed to solve the problems. 

[jaapv]

On 5/13/2024 at 7:16 PM, tommonego@gmail.com said:

I just realized my 6 year old CL is approaching 40,000 frames and it may be time for a CLA, has anybody done this. I would like to get a handle on the estimated cost. 

 

Digital cameras rarely if ever need a CLA. Just use it until you notice a flaw.