It really does not matter what anyone thinks about this..
But facts are facts..
I don't accept that anything you say is a fact without proof. All I read in your posts is bile and hearsay.
Responding to your points:
"I think you made those photos..not Leica..lol.."
The cameras made excellent exposures technically, better than any of the other cameras I compare them too, which is obviously what I meant.
"Talk to some other folks.....and btw...that's a lot...of repairs..on a lot...of Leica cams.."
More hearsay. No thank you. I know plenty of people with Leica cameras who are not on this forum or even, most of them, on-line at all... None ever report the kinds of problems that I read on this forum. Ever.
My X2 had a loose contact in the four way controller after the bag that it was stored in was dropped four feet to the floor. They fixed it and refused to charge me anything for it, even though the problem was my fault.
My M9 had the sensor corrosion problem, which they diagnosed and offered to fix for free at that time, and which I used the option to trade it at market value plus the balance for a new M-P 240. Neither that M-P 240, the M-D 262 I bought myself afterwards, the X typ 113, the SL, or the CL has had a single problem. All the other ones were film bodies and lenses, bought used (inexpensively), that needed cleaning and adjustment.
Over a forty year period of owning and using Leica cameras, I'd say that's really not too bad. My Nikons had a similar track record but, unlike Leica, they stopped servicing models older than about 8 years old twenty-five years ago.
I'm well aware of DAG and Sherry, been doing business with them for many, many years. They told me they didn't have the parts and didn't want to work on the ones that Leica took care of for me. They've done other work for me over the years; DAG in particular is usually my first call if I want something done.
Trust me..I really don't give a sheeeit... ...
If you "really don't give a sheet", you sure blather on a lot about stuff you don't care about. You act like a disappointed 13 year old who's lover decided she liked the other guy better.
I speak about these things because I do care about them, and have found Leica equipment has worked best, most reliably, and produced the best results for me. You're just one of the many on this particular forum who seems to find nothing but joy in bashing the only company that still makes quality rangefinder cameras, even though you call yourselves rangefinder camera enthusiasts. There is something of a contradiction in terms in that behavior.
When I bash something, I might announce that it's failed me, I then stop using it, don't buy it, and forget it. I don't spend my days telling everybody else in the world how awful it is if I've given up on it like a movie diva.
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