Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] How often CLA
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 20:37:33 -0500

At 04:34 PM 1998-12-08 -0800, Ted Grant, noted bovine proctophile, wrote:
>Well OK!  I guess I have a couple of incredible M6's then, as they have
>been well worked for 13 years (that could be a bad omen) and have never
>been opened.
>
>The shutter speeds are right on and so is the metering. So I guess I have
>to ask a dumb question, "Why do this CLA thing if they are working
>perfectly?"  Maintainence or no.

Thanks, Ted, for making my point.  The M4-2 and later M's are designed to
last until they break.  The earlier cameras were intended for regular service.

Marc

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