Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll soften the blow by offering $900 US for your 'violated and molested' camera....it'll be disassembled and used only for parts, of course, to keep such a horrendously modified beast out of circulation........ and my friends wonder why I'd rather paint houses than go back into camera repair..... :) Walt On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 14:31:34 -0000 Doug Richardson <doug@meditor.demon.co.uk> wrote:I'l > I recently returned a Wetzlar-era M6 to Leica to have a exposure-meter > fault repaired. On collecting it, I was surprised to see that the > "Leitz" red badge from the front of the camera had been removed and > replaced with a modern "Leica" badge. > > I’m sure that the owner of a Daimler motor car would not expect to > get it back from a repair job with the Daimler radiator badge removed > and a 1999 "DaimlerChrysler" badge substituted. I certainly did not > anticipate that sending a Leitz camera for repair would result in its > being re-badged. If it was necessary to remove the badge in order to > perform the meter repair (and to the best of my knowledge the badge > only gives access to the rangefinder adjustments), then the original > should have been replaced, or a substitute of the correct type fitted. > However it seems that Leica UK (and presumably the parent company in > Solms) are running out of Leitz red badges, so returning an early M6 > for repair could result in its being rebadged! > > Regards, > > Doug Richardson > > >