Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've got to weigh in on Stephen's side on this one....Yes, it's helpful for LUGers who have found Rube Goldberg fixes for the problem to share those fixes...But the bottom line is the question of why we are willing to put up with Scotch tape and Magic Marker fixes of a quite basic defect in a $2000 camera BODY? People on this list worry about every tiny nick and scratch their Leica's pick up. They leave the plastic stickem piece on the base plate. Some treat their cameras with more care than I'd bet they treat their children - and yet we blithely discuss ways to place little dots of paper on the view finder window to make it possible to USE the rangefinder. There is something really quite bizarre about this. And what can we do? What might happen if every single LUGer who has a viewfinder problem wrote to Leica complaining and demanding a fix? B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Paul Chefurka Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:30 PM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: M6 Viewfinder rangefinder patch flare CONTROL ?? I don't think anyone feels it's "OK" do have to do stuff like this. But what alternative do we have? Wait for Leica to retrofit all our cameras with a fix they have as much as said will not be forthcoming? Rather than just bitch about the problem to no avail, we're trying to solve it ourselves. Such grass-roots efforts don't seem all that wrong-headed to me. I'm interested in what approach you'd recommend. You seem to imply that there are other ways to deal with the problem. Paul Chefurka >-----Original Message----- >From: Stephen Gandy [mailto:leicanikon@earthlink.net] >Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:55 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: M6 Viewfinder rangefinder patch flare CONTROL >?? > > >Does anyone else besides me think this particular thread is >going the wrong way >? > >My god people, you buy a $2,000 M6 camera body and then >believe it's OK to use >tape or a rubber band to get it to work right ?? > >the only thing being controlled is the customer's low level of >expectations > >Stephen Gandy > >