Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M8 - collectible status
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Thu Aug 30 17:14:21 2007
References: <f135946b0708301506s2811cfdck4173984883901ed2@mail.gmail.com> <022d01c7eb57$0a949420$1fbdbc60$@net> <11985A8C-C889-4812-9BD1-CC00CCF78861@mac.com>

I missed this.... no moving parts in a Haselblad? Mamiya RZ or RB?  Bronica?

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net

One of the many selling points that the Medium Format manufacturers  
use to sell their equipment: "no moving parts, what can go wrong?"

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com



On Aug 30, 2007, at 5:42 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> Wrong.... mechanicals deteriorate... IC electronics work fine then  
> fail,
> suddenly, intermittently or catastrophically.
>
> The old capacitors would get "old", but they do not use them any  
> more except
> in strobes.....


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