I think it's better to test it yourself by going to a Leica store or a dealer who has Leica cameras on the shelves. Was the the upgrade worth it? As the M6 needed some CLA to be sure that the camera works for me for the next decades to come I thought I also do the viewfinder upgrade in the same round because it wasn't "really that much" price-wise. The MP viewfinder doesn't reach that level.Īs Matlock wrote I also haven't really encountered much of flares with the old M6 viewfinder. I owned a old Fuji X100 Classic, Voigtländer Bessa R3A and now a Fuji X100V: The X100V viewfinder (I know, it isn't a rangefinder) is the brightest, clearest and sharpest I've ever looked through. The original M6 viewfinder needed to be cleaned and when I looked through I had the impression it was darker compared to the MP viewfinder. fwiw, roughly 1000 EUR is also what's also been suggested to me for that work from Leica. I ask, given I'm thinking about getting a CLA + MP viewfinder upgrade to my M7 (mine was one of the first M7s available in 2002 and so the viewfinder is the old one that flares). The personel wanted to sell me a complete cla for 100.000 Yen (more than US$ 1000 at the time) but I knew I could send it to Sherry Krauter for the same treatment for US$300 including shipping, so I declined.ĭid you find a notable benefit in terms of less flare and/or more contrast from the MP viewfinder upgrade? Price-wise that corresponds with what I paid for having my M6 top plate removed and the finder cleaned out by Leica Ginza in Tokyo a few years back - After photographing during a typhoon a lot of old dust and grime had deposited inside the view/rangefinder surfaces due to the condensation - whatever could be adjusted with the top off was adjusted at that occasion. Probably more a check acknowledging that everything worked as intended and a removal of the top plate to do the cleaning. It can't possibly be a CLA at that price. Of course that was Leica USA, not sure how European prices correlate. I decided to send this camera for CLA right after I bought it to have a known starting point of its working condition. I assume this is their "normal" CLA work when no other issues are found. The work included: adjust rangefinder, adjust exposure meter, clean viewfinder optic, adjust shutter times, check/adjust/clean. My M7 repair invoice from February was $218.75 before taxes and shipping.
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