RE: M7 reliability?

Just before Sandy Carter and I started to shoot the book.. "Women in
Medicine" I bought 3 new M7's and in a matter of several months or so I put
over 500 rolls of 36 exp. film through them at ASA 800 and never had a bad
exposure, anything quit nor create a hic-up of a problem.

 

Frame after frame perfect exposures and mechanically sound start to finish.
Sold them and went digital!

 

ted

 

 

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From: leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Sonny Carter
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 4:12 PM
To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: M7 reliability?

 

I owned two of them for about 3 years, both were in almost like new
condition when I got them.  I never had a lick of problem with either, and
sold them both to Luggers to finance my M8.  They have not reported
problems.  




On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Mark Bohrer <markbohrer@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I've been regularly carrying my M7 for occasional casual shots wherever I
happen to be. I use it more heavily around the holidays - put a couple rolls
through it at Thanksgiving, and a couple at my fiancee's Christmas party
last Friday.

Today, two days later, the shutter froze partway open.

I'm a bit fed up from this history with M7's:

First M7 purchased July 2002, FROZE COMPLETELY after first roll of film
Second warranty replacement M7 performed well, lost/stolen in Santa Fe, NM
April 2005
Third M7 purchased used from B&H Photo, May 2005, SLIPPING FILM TRANSPORT
February 2008, COMPLETE SHUTTER FREEZE December 2008

Anyone else having long-term reliability problems with their M7?

-- 
Mark Bohrer
Mountain and Desert Photography
www.mountain-and-desert.com
Wildlife on the urban edge


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Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

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