Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True. Didn't get that from your former mail. I just pray it doesn't happen to mine. Op 18-nov-06, om 00:11 heeft Henning Wulff het volgende geschreven: > At 11:56 PM +0100 11/17/06, Philippe Orlent wrote: >> So you're saying that any other Leica could have taken that >> beating up? >> > > Not really, but any other Leica wouldn't have separated from the > strap like that! Eyelets that stay attached to the body are pretty > much essential. > >> >> 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 >