Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: >This issue of M6 quality is simple a sour-grapes canard. The M6 is the >toughest of the M's. I had my main M3 in the shop five times in four >years, and my main M4 in the shop six times in two. My M6 has not seen a >repair shop in the four years I've owned it and it sees a LOT more use = than >the earlier ones. The development of the M6 was meant to produce a tough, >bullet-proof camera, and did so. Marc, I really hate to disagree with you considering your past = merits in explaining all about the Leicas to the rest of us. And I = will in no way diminish your valuable contributions. However, I think = I have a more than legitimate right to complain when something brakes = down inside my less than six month old Leica. As far as your own M6 is concerned it appears to be old enough to be = all metall. I also want to add that the service technician in question has worked = exclusively with Leicas for the past 30 years. And he claimsthat the = counter gear wheel is made out of plastic, not bullet-proof kevlar! >As to the warranty, I see no reason for you to complain: you chose to buy >a grey-market camera and did so knowing the risks involved. Marc, I didn=B4t complain about the warranty! I just answered a = question from a fellow Lugger. But I have obviously failed to see a = risk in not buying an extra expensive Leica. I had no idea they = produced and sold bad ones! To me the price - US$1600 - was just too = tempting. And I=B4ve seen even lower prices for the new M6 in = Japanese camera magazines. The warranty is valid for 3 years, but only in Japan. When I go back = there coming autumn I will buy me one more M6. And this time I will = gladly pay the additional US$160 for a truly international warranty. = I no longer one hundred percent trust the new Leica M6 quality! = Please forgive me, Marc! Claes Bjerner