Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Poor Leica QC
From: Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 20:41:01 -0400
References: <B58BEEE7.5A71%howard.390@osu.edu>

Do you mind if you describe the problem?

Poor focus, poor depth of field, glare, ???

A lens is a pretty simple mechanism


Vick


Martin Howard wrote:

> Some time ago, I bought a 35mm f/2 Summicron pre-ASPH, and I'm sorry to say,
> I've been the victim of the poor QC that so many report on here.  This is a
> Leica lens, supposedly the best in the world among camera marques, and yet,
> when I take pictures with it, I'm lucky to get one or maybe two good shots
> per roll of film.  The rest suck, they're just as bad as the ones I used to
> get with the Konica Hexar, and in some cases, I got better pictures with my
> Nikon F3 and 105mm lens.
>
> I find it really disappointing that, after having spent so much money on
> this lens, Leica couldn't do a better job of quality control.
>
> M.
>
> --
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