Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal, I wonder how this percentage compares with other high-end cameras (i.e. the Japanese). My own experience is limited, as both my M3 and M6 were purchased second-hand, so the only new Leica items I have bought are the 24mm, 35mm and 135mm lenses and my Pradovit projector. All of those work fine. Nonetheless, I would find it quite unacceptable to buy a $2000 camera and have it misaligned out of the box. Leica should test them before they go to dealers, or the importer should do it. In the end though, what really matters is how well Leica deals with problems once confronted with them. You seem to have had a good experience, others on the LUG apparently less so. Nathan Pascal wrote: > Well, I could add to this debate that I have it from a very reliable > source that about 15 to 20 % of all first R8 shipments that were sold in > Belgium during 1997 had to be sent back to Solms for repair or > replacement because of different flaws. > Happily, the situation is now stabilised and you're safe in buying a > current R8 body. > I suffered from this too, but I must really commend the people at Solms > who exchanged it for a new one that has worked flawlessly ever since. - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html