Re: [Leica] my old m6 my new m3 - a tale of frankenleica and terror....

["James Morehouse" <jdmorehouse@hotmail.com>]

I wouldn't even bother with the M6.  I love my M3 and wouldn't part with it. 
  That and my M4-2.  No meter.  Just my head and a Gossen for a 2nd opinion.

Jim Morehouse


>From: Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] my old m6 my new m3 - a tale of frankenleica and 
>terror....
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 17:37:54 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>so ... the camera fix it folks have had my m6 since june 12, fixing the
>vertical alignment, i call, they say "not yet", i call later, they say
>"not yet", meanwhile i'm stuck with an m3 that isn't quite what i'd hoped,
>but with the incredible assistance of some luggers (jim shulman, steve
>lehurray and sal dimarco), bit by bit, piece by piece, this m3 is turning
>into something _useable_. it loads faster, winds quicker, rewinds quicker,
>and, well, there's an aux viewfinder ...
>
>  http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leicaslacker/m3/frankenleica1.jpg
>  http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leicaslacker/m3/frankenleica2.jpg
>
>so it's a lot more _useable_ but i'm still PISSED about my m6, so
>today, i call the repair shop again, and have the following conversation:
>
>"look, if you can't FIX it by friday, just send it BACK to me."
>"even if it's not fixed."
>"right. even if it's not fixed, i'm going crazy not taking pictures."
>
><long befuddled pause, and i am NOT kidding>
>
>"you're _using_ this camera to take pictures?"
>"of course."
>
><pause and i swear to god i am NOT KIDDING>
>
>"oh dear, i am VERY SORRY, we just -- i just -- we always think of leicas
>as collectors, if i realized this was your _camera_, look, i'm going to
>call the repair department RIGHT NOW and tell them you need this back. i'm
>so sorry, i thought this was part of a collection, we didn't realize you
>needed it."
>
><obviously, she had not SEEN my m6. how did she think the vert got out of
>alignment? on a shelf?>
>
>"it's real beat up."
>
>"i'll call you by friday, and i must appologise again."
>
>
>
>  keep calling that shop, you'll get your camera back,
>
>  k c
>
>  (next scheduled improvement for m3, FLASH SYNC!)
>
>
>


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