Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So you're saying that any other Leica could have taken that beating up? Op 17-nov-06, om 23:49 heeft Henning Wulff het volgende geschreven: > At 11:27 PM +0100 11/17/06, Philippe Orlent wrote: >> What made you so unhappy with the M4-2? >> It was my first Leica, and a whole world opened up to me. Never >> left me in shame. >> >> Philippe > > Quite a few things. Quality control was not up to expectations. I'd > bought it pretty much as soon as it came out, and the winder for it > that arrived shortly after. The less said about the winder the > better. It was truly terrible; Eumig and Leica should hang their > head in shame for producing that! > > The M4-2 was in the shop a couple of times immediately after I > bought it. Fortunately the shop at that time was very close and > responsive, so I had it back quickly. The wind mechanism bound, > the rangefinder adjustment was somewhat loose so that every little > bump caused it to go off. > > Then, on a little trip that included Crater Lake in Oregon, I was > shooting with a 35 Summicron on the M4-2 and a Hologon on an M4, > and also with a Konica T-something with tele lens, and after > shooting with the M4-2 I let it drop as it was slung from a strap > off my left shoulder, and instead of stopping when it reached the > length of the strap, it just kept on going....and going.... It hit > the first rocks, bounced and hit some more rocks. About 20 feet > down it stopped. The camera had serious damage, and so did the > Summicron. The eyelet had pulled out of the body. > > Leica gave me a new M4-2 and Summicron. I sold the M4-2 and the > stupid winder and didn't buy another Leica until the M6 was out a > number of years. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >