Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:56 PM +0100 11/17/06, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>So you're saying that any other Leica could have taken that beating up?
>
Not really, but any other Leica wouldn't have separated from the
strap like that! Eyelets that stay attached to the body are pretty
much essential.
>
>Op 17-nov-06, om 23:49 heeft Henning Wulff het volgende geschreven:
>
>>At 11:27 PM +0100 11/17/06, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>>>What made you so unhappy with the M4-2?
>>>It was my first Leica, and a whole world opened up to me. Never
>>>left me in shame.
>>>
>>>Philippe
>>
>>Quite a few things. Quality control was not up to expectations. I'd
>>bought it pretty much as soon as it came out, and the winder for it
>>that arrived shortly after. The less said about the winder the
>>better. It was truly terrible; Eumig and Leica should hang their
>>head in shame for producing that!
>>
>>The M4-2 was in the shop a couple of times immediately after I
>>bought it. Fortunately the shop at that time was very close and
>>responsive, so I had it back quickly. The wind mechanism bound,
>>the rangefinder adjustment was somewhat loose so that every little
>>bump caused it to go off.
>>
>>Then, on a little trip that included Crater Lake in Oregon, I was
>>shooting with a 35 Summicron on the M4-2 and a Hologon on an M4,
>>and also with a Konica T-something with tele lens, and after
>>shooting with the M4-2 I let it drop as it was slung from a strap
>>off my left shoulder, and instead of stopping when it reached the
>>length of the strap, it just kept on going....and going.... It hit
>>the first rocks, bounced and hit some more rocks. About 20 feet
>>down it stopped. The camera had serious damage, and so did the
>>Summicron. The eyelet had pulled out of the body.
>>
>>Leica gave me a new M4-2 and Summicron. I sold the M4-2 and the
>>stupid winder and didn't buy another Leica until the M6 was out a
>>number of years.
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