Leica the only one?

Pieter12

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It varies. My Leica M5 is hard to get serviced, there aren't many techs who are familiar with it and it is different enough from the other Ms that they won't touch it--and parts are getting scarcer. On the other hand, I can send my 50-year-old Seiko Quartz watch to the factory authorized service center and it can be CLA'd and parts replaced even today. I agree most devices today are made to be disposable and not outlive their currency, and many people today wouldn't even think of having them repaired, it can be more cost-effective to replace them. And many repair services are just parts-replacement services, few actually repair anything.
 
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I did some more investigation. It is not cost effective to spend money the money necessary for a Leica M or Nikon RF when slr are so much more satisfying to use. I am going to sit the corner and figure out a better way to spend my money.
You could buy some really expensive indicator stop bath?
 

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Well, I was supposed to get my "new" 60-year old Nikon lens via USPS today, built like a tank back then. I wanted something clean but older and single-coated, a little milder contrast rendition than Nikon later made. Strange how I can get a parcel from Tokyo here in less than 18 hrs, but then it takes a week for a USPS parcel to cross the country, and then to add insult to injury, another 3 days from the bulk mail center just 10 minutes away to my house, if it doesn't get delivered to the wrong house entirely! This afternoon, I saw the USPS van on the street, but it hit my neighbor's truck, with shattered glass all over the street now. But my lens wasn't even on it yet.
 

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You could buy some really expensive indicator stop bath?

I decided to stimulate the economy and buy a high end keyboard. I had to do it because I have not had a high dollar delivery on a whole week. Too bad that I cannot find any more Hasselblad lenses that I want. Sometimes life if tough.
 
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