Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/19

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Subject: [Leica] M Camera Reliability - Gandy v. Marc v. Puts v. the LUGgies
From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 11:50:25 -0800

A good friend of mine has been repairing Lieca's (professionally, that is
the way he makes a living) for about 30 years.  He too has noted that the
older M3s are Leica's finest mechanically engineered camera.  That is not to
say the M6 is a bad camera, but only to say that the master craftsmen were
still at Leica when the M3 was in production.  

As to Mr. Gandy being asked to name sources, that's an old lawyer's trick!
Once named, they will be picked apart and condemned by M6 owners as heretics
for mentioning that older M cameras are better built.  You know, basically
the same as discrediting witnesses in court.....shades of Johnny Cochran.

Peter K