Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, everybody knows that the F was built like a brick S... house. It is also true that the FM2 has a cheap-metal -- but entirely adequate except as a hockey puck -- top plate. But, I can't think of a new, nuts-'n-bolts, SLR lens holder that is tougher and a better value today In The Same Price Range, can you? Bruce Feldman Warsaw, Poland >I find it amusing that the photographic community insists on >referring to the FM, FM2, etc. as "professional" equipment... > >The Nikkormat, which was ten times stronger than the FM, etc, >never got the "professional" moniker!! (even tho pros and repair >people considered it second only to the F series in SLR strength) > >You Leica types will understand, even the "feel" of the FM-2etc >didn't inspire confidence....Nikon announced the FM as a nikkormat >replacement during the production of the F2....only after the >demise of the F2 was it billed as a "pro mechanical body" -- >which it CLEARLY wasn't/isn't...... > >Please, don't tell me how long your FM2 has lasted/how many thousands >of rolls/how many fires it has survived.....remember, we're comparing >to Leica Ms and (real) Nikons.........there IS no comparison...... > >Walt