[Leica] HK rumour (& q problems)

["Hans Pahlen" <hans@komvux.skola.mark.se>]

I got a mail from a HK Leica user. Is someone still collecting statistics
about quality problems? Never mind, the interesting part is about the M
prototype in the end of the mail:

>Hello Mr Hans,
>I would like to inform you that I really appreciate your web site about
>Leica camera. Recently, I became a Leica User and brought myself a M6 body
>together with 35 Summicron ASPH and a 90 Elmarit two lens outfits, as
>recommended in your home page as well as in most of the literture about
>Leica. To my disappointed, the frame counter of my brand new M6 fails just
>after 10 rolls of film. It need to sent back to the service center for
>repair. Since then, I wonder the reliability and built quality of Leica
>products.
>Besides, I found my 35 Summicron ASPH suffers much in vignetting espically
>at Full aperture and at F2.8 . Until stopped down to F4, the four corners
>will come to more even exposure. However, from the comparision report of
the
>35 M lens in your home page, it seem the new Summicron ASPH is a top
>performer. I wondered if there is any problem of my lens. For the 90
>Elmarit-M,
>it perform as all the test say, an absolute 5 stars lens in terms of
>sharpness, contrast and resolution. In addition, there is aome Leica fans
>here in Hong Kong reported that they have seen a prototype of the M7 being
>evaluating by a Japanese photographer. The body have grey colour finish and
>size is similar as a M5. Do you also heard about such a camera ?
>
>Thank you for attention.
>LOUIS LAM
>
>P.S. e-mail address : 95058902@plink.cityu.edu.hk
>
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