Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nope, no M cameras were or are machine assembled. Too many itty bitty parts for a robot to handle. Design philosophies changed in the mid seventies and a good thing too as otherwise there would never have been an M6. John Collier On Feb 4, 2004, at 5:47 PM, sam wrote: > If I understood correctly, there was a time when all Leica cameras > were hand-fitted from supplied parts. At a certain point, starting > with the production of one of the M series, their cameras began being > machine fitted with the result that their quality control is no more > or less than any of the big Japanese camera companies. > > Does this ring a bell? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html