Re: M use

["Roger Beamon" <beamon@primenet.com>]

On 24 Jul 97,  Detlef Beyer wrote:

<snip>

>and as I wrote before: here is
> the main reason for most of the Leica owner.

Not really, Detlef. Collectors to some extent, and thieves to a large=20
extent, but shooters, only to a very small extent. Most shooters shoot M=20
Leica because it is a unique item for their type of photography AND it=20
uses LEICA glass! Shooters use R Leica because it uses LEICA glass!

To shoot SLR with Canon, Nikon pro line equipment, the shooter will pay=20
the same sort of price for the body (here in the U.S., at least), and he=20
can't get LEICA glass.=20

> I went through several cameras over the years (Nikon, Leica, Linhof,
> Rollei, Yashica, Plaubel...). After getting the first M6 I stop searchi=
ng
> - I found what I allways looked for. But using the camera and not putti=
ng
> it to a showcase could get a very expensive task. My M6 went for three
> times to repair. Allways the same problem: the shutter does not close
> completly at low speeds. Now the M6 has the same problem again and I ha=
ve
> to bring it to repair again. Everytime I have to pay "Leica" repair
> prices and I have to wait for some weeks to get the camera back. My
> bottom plate is scratched from the use of the camera - if I would have =
to
> replace this little metal plate for =A7320 I would get a little bit
> angry...

Yep, it hurts when repairs are necessary. Take a Mercedes Benz in for=20
repair in the U.S., Wow! Yet, they sell very well.=20

BTW, what do they tell you about your recurring shutter problem? Seems=20
like the "lack of use" syndrome which doesn't appear to apply in your=20
case.

Also, BTW, Per Jim, your English is quite good. You ought to hear my=20
German. I have a friend in Braunschweig who, when I propose that he speak=
=20
German to me rather than English, told me, "Roger, your German is so bad=20
that I prefer to speak to you in English"! (You know how those guys are=20
from and near Hannover, they think that only they speak proper German)
                                          8^)
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