Jeffery, Well thats a word or two to the wise... Saves me a lot of money. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith...@gmail.com> wrote: > I got flamed on the Leica Users Group forum for mentioning this, but my M8's > were anything but reliable. My first one died after about a week, and Leica > ignored all of my phone calls and emails until I finally contacted the > president of the company personally. If you aren't a professional > photographer, you can forget about customer service from Leica. You don't > exist. The second M8 body would not recognize any of the memory cards I used. > Leica blamed the memory cards and refused to repair or replace the camera. I > bought every different brand of memory card listed as compatible on Leica's > site, and all gave me a "no memory card" error until I removed the battery, > waited a few minutes, and then reinserted the battery (which apparently > rebooted the camera). I had to repeat this every time I wanted to shoot a > frame. Once the camera was turned off or turned itself off, the no memory > card error reappeared. Until a new firmware upgrade appeared last year, the > M8 just sat in a drawer. The firmware upgrade seems to have fixed the memory > card problem. > > Pro photographers and photographers wealthy enough to afford an attorney get > good service from Leica USA. Grunts like myself (a teacher) aren't given the > time of day. I have refrained from mentioning my problems on the LUG except > when a pro photographer posts a message saying that Leica customer service is > absolutely the best. I then mention the problems I had and get my ass flamed > as a heretic. I finally unsubscribed from the LUG as it became less and less > a forum about photography. The die hard photojournalist types on the LUG now > post incessant photos of their dog, their flowers, or buildings. > > Leica film rangefinders are great, and reliable. Leica doesn't seem to know > anything whatsoever about digital cameras. If you want a digital camera with > a Leica lens, buy a Panasonic! They are great! If you can live with only wide > angle to normal lenses, the GF1 is a wonderful little camera. > > Jeffery > > > > On May 18, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> I worked with Leica RF cameras on and off from 1969 to 2002. I'd enjoy >> an M4-P again, but I know I'd never work with film enough again to >> warrant the expense. I'd enjoy an M8 or M9 now. >> >> Have fun with it. Although it's expensive, it's just a camera ... a >> darn good one with a great lens. >> >> -- >> Godfrey >> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
