Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 16:54:51 -0700 >From: "Michael Gatov" <Wildmagic@csi.com> >Subject: [Leica] Reliability? > >Hi: > (...) >What is holding me back is the apparent unreliability of the current M6. >I've had friends who have had the rangefinder needing to be sent back to >Leica for repair on a regular basis (4 times in 2 years). One guy simply >had his camera slip off of his car seat and fall about 8" onto the carpet >and it bumped it out of whack. When I talked to our local pro-shop here in >Portland about how many M6's they have had to send back for customers, >they've mentioned that quite a few have come in needing repair, moreso than >most other manufacturers bodies. > (...) > >Thanks for listening, >Regards, >Michael > ############## Last week, the day of total eclipse in France, my M6 made a 1 m fall on the street. Just a bang on the base plate...Good break. Dominique Pellissier