Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stepehn, Yes, ceertainly. It should. The quality issue _is_ a shame, definitely. People near to Leica talk about production costs (M6J completely handmade in many, many hours; mourn ...). But how to tell your manufacturer if people buy (relatively!) lower quality at high prices? And M6es sell as they are produced (as I hear), no piece left over. Sad, indeed. Hubert > Legendary Leica quality of the 50's and 60's and turned into just a > legend for the 90's. > ... > I know of no other camera manufacturer which charges roughly 4 > times the normal body price for a camera which has the high standards > that ALL of its cameras used to have 40 years ago. > > The M6J should not be a special M6. Rather it should be a standard M6 > at a reasonable price for everyone. > > Stephen Gandy > * Von/From: HUBERT NOWOTNY, CTR Hatzenberger & Nowotny OEG * A-1040 Wien/Vienna, Kettenbrueckengasse 16 (Austria, Europe ...) * Tel ++43-1- 586 20 22 - 0, Fax ++43-1- 586 20 22 - 24 * hubertn@ctr.co.at, http://www.ctr.co.at/ctr/