Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My Canon EOS 40D has already gone back for an auto- focusing problem. It came back quickly, though. Frank Farmer Jackson, Miss. On Mar 11, 2008, at 9:04 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Sonny, > At last count I have bought, over the years, 14 new bodies from Nikon, > starting with the F2 and none have been defective. The only model I > had > some problem with, after 10 years of use was the FG. Those I still have > still work flawlessly. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 3/11/08, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> However that combined with the rather alarming number of units which >>> arrive dead or defective, has me hesitant to make the switch. >> >> >> Do we know what percentage that is? Do we even know how many M8's >> are >> out >> there? >> >> My guess is thta we hear the horror stories because we stand on the >> right >> street corner to hear the news. I dunno, and would be interested in >> how >> many Oly, Nikon, Pentax and Canon get sent back. >> >> I only bought one other new Leica, an M6, and it had a dead counter >> out of >> the box. >> >> Biggest problem in this regard is that most cameras these days are not >> sold >> from stock, but drop shipped from the distributor. The dealer has to >> depend >> on statistics for quality control.. >> >> That has been the case for some time. It works to some extent, but >> when >> the >> dealer doesn't get to check it out like the old days, the opportunity >> for >> a >> crash is much higher. >> >> (You can tell I'm feeling better these days, huh? I'm walking really >> good, >> with my new knees. ) >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >