Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Bad finders
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 22:42:12 -0700
References: <106.2be3628d.2d52e38e@aol.com> <402192B6.3070100@osheaven.net>

Nope, no M cameras were or are machine assembled. Too many itty bitty 
parts for a robot to handle. Design philosophies changed in the mid 
seventies and a good thing too as otherwise there would never have been 
an M6.

John Collier

On Feb 4, 2004, at 5:47 PM, sam wrote:

> If I understood correctly, there was a time when all Leica cameras 
> were hand-fitted from supplied parts. At a certain point, starting 
> with the production of one of the M series, their cameras began being 
> machine fitted with the result that their quality control is no more 
> or less than any of the big Japanese camera companies.
>
> Does this ring a bell?

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