Re: [Leica] Things that BUG me

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Dust seals? What a NOVEL idea...

At 06:57 AM 1/24/00 +0000, you wrote:
> >>>after all, leica didn't become the camera company it is by
>stubbornly offering well-made manual cameras with fantastic lenses, did
>it?
>
>guy<<<
>
>
>...And by offering the "King Bomiphol" edition, the Jaguar edition, the
>Columbo, the "Ein Stuck," the M6J, a coat of black paint for more than
>the cost of an N90s, lotsa gold-plated stuff, yatta yatta
>yatta..."stubbornly" catering to a tiny group of well-heeled collectors
>around the world...?
>
>Point being that sometimes the users do seem like a bit of an
>afterthought. I think it's valid for users to talk about their
>experiences using the camera and suggesting how it might be made to
>better serve their needs. That's why we got one with a meter in it in
>1984, after all, and why we have a regular production .85x version, and
>so forth. (Although who exactly was asking for one with TTL is still a
>bit of a mystery to me. No flames, please. <s>)
>
>I for one would like it to have a better dust seal. Did I ever mention
>how one time a BUG crawled into my M6 and got trapped against the film
>rail, showing up as a huge silhouette at the top of the frame in a
>family group shot? My relatives loved that. Er, NOT.
>
>Designs can become mature, but never perfect.
>
>Never as simple as ya want it to be, is it?  ;-)
>
>--Mike