Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I am astonished that we are getting reports of Porsches on top of Leicas (one or both presumably without motors) and Metz flashes on top of Leicas: the former supposedly an even match for the suspect R8 but the latter beyond the supertough M to handle. Surely some mistake... I can concur with the reports of Metz 40s (MZ-2 in my case) distorting the top plate and throwing the vertical RF alignment slightly, though temporarily, off. It is okay again once the flash is removed. This is clear proof IMHO that Leica R&D is pathetic these days: I mean how many flashes are out there that worked properly with the M6TTL when it was released? By my count only two: both from Metz. The new SF20, also by Metz, works okay FWIW but if the new M6TTL is promoted by virtue of its enhanced flash facility it should be at least physically up to supporting the flash. FWIW all my other Ms work fine with the Metz 40 for all it's bulk and clumsy design. Do the guys at Leica ever take photos with the cameras they make? Why is it that they consistently produce the most boring brochures of any major manufacturer: surely they must be able to get hold of some of the images of the famous Leica photographers out of goodwill or at least in barter. The latest general catalogue is a start but they could do better: if only that they make numerous typos and put in quotations from photographers saying they prefer the M lenses right in the middle of the R lens section and so on. Where is the German precision? What is it that is so cool about these tools? Some of us know but not from anything Solms has told us... Now back to photography and the great outdoors. Bests Adrian Bradshaw Editorial and Corporate Photography Shanghai, China