Is this a write off?

[Olsen]

Congratulations, Richard!

I think that we can all sigh with relief. It is good to know that we have bought a camera, - though expensive, that is truely supported by the producer; Leica.

 

[Richard Marks]

Many thanks Olsen!
Incidentally i should perhaps mention it was all done under the 'passport' scheme and did not cost me anything.
Yes Leica have delivered the goods and one has to accept that some of the high M8 price tag is actually funding the passport scheme in Europe.

Im still going to be very careful out there! It has also been very interesting using nothing but film for the last 6 weeks.

Best wishes


Richard

 

[Ben Z]

Yes Leica have delivered the goods and one has to accept that some of the high M8 price tag is actually funding the passport scheme in Europe.

That's harder for us Americans to accept because Leica-USA doesn't give us any Passport for our high-priced M8's

 

[StuartR]

Nevertheless, I have found that Leica USA is very good about not charging for repairs. I have had them fix things for free that were out of warranty, or do more than required during regular warranty service. For example, when I sent in my MP to clean the eyepiece, they did a full CLA on the camera at no charge. Of course, repairs can be quite expensive if the camera has something truly wrong with it and it is years out of warranty. Fixing the metering system in an R6 cost about 350 dollars.

 

[Richard Marks]

That's harder for us Americans to accept because Leica-USA doesn't give us any Passport for our high-priced M8's

Ben I agree.
Why is there no 'passport scheme' in the states? Is it some legal problem?

Richard

 

[Ben Z]

I doubt it Richard, because (at least at the time of the M8 introduction) they were still giving a 3-year Passport on MP, M7 and lenses. All I could do would be offer a wildly speculative (and cynical) opinion as to why there is no Passport on USA M8's, and I'd rather not do that.