Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Byron, I was sorry to read about your misfortune with your Leica lenses. I once dropped my M6 with an old 1.4 50 mm summilux on it out the window of a Suburban. Not a scratch and everything worked fine (whereas my R8 came with a light leak from the factory--I guess the light leak was factory installed). In contrast is my experience with my Canon EOS 1N. I was photographing a family, had the camera on a tripod, stepped away for an instant, and the tripod collapsed (it was a good tripod which I hadn't set up correctly). The bottom of the camera cracked and it took $300 to have it fixed. Got to love those upper end, plastic, Japanese cameras. Thank goodness Leica uses metal. doug nygren