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I found an m8 with 1/4000th on it, is it a M8U?

dude163

Active member
Hi all

I found a leica m8 thathas been recently returned from leica for refurbishing, it has a max speed of 1/4000th of a sec and the flash for shutter sync is in a different place too ( 1/160th?)
Does this mean that is a M8U?the m8 that has been upgraded to m8.2 spec? it also has a 1 year warranty and all the gear too

The reason i wanted to check was the dealer says it was returned to them in a m8.2 box instead of the old m8 one


thanks very much


 

dude163

Active member
sweet! with the Upgrade and the year warranty, I should be a Leica owner by the end of today!
 

jlm

Workshop Member
upgrade options were:
new shutter: stealth mode and 1/4000 max
new framelines
sapphire LCD glass
vulcanite

also any upgrades reset the warranty clock to 1 year

you could probably ask leica what the status is based on ser #
 

dude163

Active member
I had to wait until monday as they werent sure if the previous owner had received the uv/ir filters or not.

The only difference to me would be trying to get a slightly better price if I have to buy the filters too ;)


I'm as giddy as a kid before christmas
 

dude163

Active member
thanks for all the help

I dropped the Credit card on this today 2500 bucks shipped with 2 UV/Ir filters, 1 year warranty and a copy of Adobe Lightroom!

sweeeeeeeettt!!
 

SYGTAFOTO

New member
Do you know which upgrades this had?
M8u doesn't necessarily mean it's M8.2... you can pick and choose which upgrades you want. I think the critical upgrades are the framelines and the shutter.
 

dude163

Active member
and I just got an email from Leica service

"Yes it had the shutter sapphire glass and mask in 2008. Thank you

Regards
Sarah Mayville"

I know what the shutter and sapphire glass upgrades are, what is the mask?
 
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