Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/08

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica initial quality
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 11:14:00 -0400

True, Ted....I guess what all this suggests is that, due to less than
terrific quality control, Leica is selling both "pieces of crap" and "brick
sh--t houses." The problem, of course, is that they don't take advance
orders for either "model." :-)

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted Grant
> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 11:08 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Leica initial quality
>
>
> Whomever wrote:
>
> > > A camera that can't take one 747 flight without developing
> shutter bounce is, pardon my whatever, a piece of crap.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> I suppose that would be a reasonable comment but hardly sufficient to
> call it a piece of crap!
> Of course I'm assuming because this is on the LUG the poster is
> referring to a Leica?
>
> However, what would be the assumption of quality build if the same
> camera were to make a 100 747 flights and continue to work just tikkity
> boo perfect?   "As solid as a brick sh--t house?"
> Now that's going to take a lot of 747 flights! ;-)  And I bet you could
> throw in a couple of chopper rides to boot.
> ted
>