Leica Still Services 20-Year-Old Cameras. No One Else Does.

Every photographer has had the 'why does a Leica cost that much' conversation. The real answer isn't the brass top plate or the German factory tour. It's that Leica will still fix your M8 in 2026, twenty years after it shipped. No Canon, Nikon, or Sony body from 2006 is getting factory service today. If you're buying a camera you plan to shoot for decades, not upgrade every three years, the total cost of ownership calculation shifts significantly. Still expensive. But not irrational.