M8 shutter kaputt, how much?

[Monochrom]

Hi Guys a friend of mine had this terrible failure, the shutter on his m8 broke down.

Does anybody how much costs to repair or change the shutter?

Thanks in advance for your expereince!

 

[gbealnz]

MM,
While I don't know for sure (I no longer have an M8, but sorta wish I did, and when I did it worked without issue), from what I have seen posted here and elsewhere, Leica is usually very sympathetic to this claim.

I'd suggest he contacts Customer Service at Leica (in Germany I guess) and see what they say/suggest.

Only failures I have had have been with a nice Leica X1, bought used, and well out of warranty. Both were fixed at little or no cost to me.

Pay a bit more for them, but from what I have seen, the parent company is keen to make good. First port of call though Customer Service.
Good luck.
Gary

 

[uhoh7]

A bit under 500 to get a new shutter on M9 in NJ

 

[Phil_F_NM]

A couple years ago it was just under $500 USD I think.
That's what I paid for my M8 to be serviced and then promptly sold it.

Phil Forrest

 

[Monochrom]

Thank you guys, i think i can recommend some action to my friend, instead of trying to fix it locally i´ll tell him to send it to Germany or another Leica representative.

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