Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/22

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Subject: Re: Leica durability
From: Chuck Warman <cwarman@wf.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 22:45:50 -0500
 
>With all this talk about Leica durablity, you may be interested in some
>actual data. 
<snip>
>The records cover the period from 1950 to 1996.
<snip>
>In the SLR category, the durability champ was an Olympus OM-1 purchased
>in 1974 and still in use. It has made nearly 260,000 exposures during
>that period in the course of documenting ongoing urban renewal projects.
>All the Olympus SLRs in the inventory required little in the way of
>repairs or maintenance. Close behind were Canon and Nikon cameras. 

I wonder if it's possible to find out if any Leica SLRs were included in
the sample?

Chuck