Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/30

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Subject: Re: M6 Concerns
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 17:23:15 -0500

At 09:26 AM 8/30/97 -0400, you wrote:
>If there are problems with the M6 which are caused by quality control
>slip-ups and they can be fixed (hopefully under Passport) and will never
>recur, this is perhaps an embarrassment for Leica but not a major disaster.

There was a QC problem with M6s when they moved to the new factory. And
there are always going to be problems. Considering they make 1,000 a month
or so, it seems to me a few stories here and there don't add up to a hill
of beans. I can tell you on the Nikon list there are similar complaints
about Nikon QC going down hill and the F5 is just a toy and all those kinds
of complaints. 

In my experience, with Leica SLRs, and some with an M6 I have had nothing
but pleasure using the lenses and a few problems with bodies (especially
the early R4 series). But reports I'm getting on the R8 is that it's
wonderful, rugged and precise, oh yea, and bright. Anyone who doesn't
appreciate the R system, that's fine. Don't buy it. It drives up used
prices! :-)

I haven't been on the Leica list for a while, but decided to come back and
see how things are going. I might be given a whole digital Nikon system to
work with at my new job, and if that is the case, my personal equipment
will be Leica again.

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Eric Welch
Grants Pass, OR

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