Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/28

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Marc Small's statement that M6 is best built M camera
From: Ken Wilcox <klw.51@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:47:26 -0400
References: <BB4AC1AB.1EA5%steve@streetphoto.net>

Plastic is OK for some things but the use of plastic was responsible 
for the failure of the frame counter in the M6. Leica would not admit 
responsibility for this or pay for the repair.

Ken Wilcox


At 12:03 PM -0400 7/28/03, Steve LeHuray wrote:
>
>
>...yeah, but Seth, Roy was notoriously conservative in any tolerance towards
>change with Leica models. Personnaly I have M2s, M3, M6TTLs and they are
>equally well made IMHO. Some people have complained that the M6 has some
>plastic parts compared to the M2/3/4 metal parts -- plastic? so what? There
>are plastic parts on the space shuttle and the Corvette body is plastic.
>
>Regards,
>
>sl
>
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