Leica repair service - Sigh.

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You don't use your camera for a living do you? Compare with any other "professional tool", say a lathe or a drill and conclude what you wish. I love Leicas but I would not trust any of them if produced after 1960 or so on anything serious.

The wink emoticon you quote doesn't give it away? I was joking.

A Leica of a year old needed all that work done? That's pretty remarkable. Either Mr. Lockwood really beat the crap out of the camera or perhaps there's a quality control issue. Part of why I would pay that much for a camera is not having to deal with CLA/repairs for a while.

I think Mr. Lockwood was simply upgrading the body with improvements that occurred after his camera was manufactured. Leica doesn't advertise it, but they will bring an M7 up to current specs. under the US Passport warranty.