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I can honestly tell you this. I shot with Canon digital for a decade. You all know that i do the full time to support the family and my personal work. I had FAR more issues with my Canons than I have had with my 4 Leica digital M bodies. The only issue I have had with my M bodies is the recall on the sensor. With my Canons I was shooting some things for NATO in 2012 here in Chicago and had a complete shutter failure and I have had 1DsMkIII show up from CPS dead on arrival. I had many other issues with my Canons and, knock on wood, none of those things with Leica. Failure is all part of it whether they are hand assembled or machine assembled. I would rather have a highly skilled human testing and checking during the entire process than not.

Obviously you're one of the lucky ones.

I say go to any forum, insert brand here _________ and you will see pages and pages of problems people have experienced. I have a couple of friends here in area (also full time photographers) that also have not had any issues with their digital M's (other than the recall) so I don't think that I am alone.

Of course you're not alone. If EVERYONE had a problem with their M, Leica would be in trouble.

What about the M10 ISO dial issue? That's pretty widespread. That's an issue of human error that had to be corrected by a replacement of part that was "easier to reliably install".

I could go on about every M camera I've owned. I could go on about all Leica's other lines (which BTW are also somewhat hand assembled, especially the lenses).

What about it? I have no problems with mine. What I find with dedicated forums is you have a handful of people that have experienced issues and because they are in one place and 20 people out of the thousands and in some cases tens of thousand units sold that it seems like a huge issue but in fact it is a very small % considering overall sales.

Leica M make the best street camera and most enjoyable camera to use.

I have to say reliability is not its strength and is not one of reliable digital cameras out there

(definitely the worst I ever used ) My 100cron S just lose its AF and wait me send it to Leica SF. My 50mm Summilux bought brand new, but never perform at this good until I send it to DAG. It gave me lots of focus headache.

Like I said so far they( my Leica Ms) have been far more reliable than any of my digital Canons were. Do I believe that they are perfect or not going to break down at some point? No way. I wish they could come up with a totally none electronic digital camera that is entirely mechanical. A digital M3 say. No battery needed but that is not a reality.

I do agree about CPS especially having one here in the Chicago suburbs. When I did have issues, loaners would be waiting when I dropped off the cameras or lenses and the repairs were usually only a few days. I do really miss that. I have heard some rumblings that Leica is kicking around the idea of a CPS like program. Anything to shorten their repair times would be great. I wish that DAG repaired digital Leica's. They fixed a 24 2.8 Elmarit I have and it came back like new.

Sep 12, 2017 at 10:33 AM

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