Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes - this is pure speculation. And I know from a reputable second-hand equipment dealer that in Timbuktu they send all the camels that do not meet the manufacturer´s specification to USA where people do not know much about camels. That explains the dearth of good quality camels in the US market. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com> Vastaanottaja: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 25. elokuuta 2000 21:05 Aihe: RE: [Leica] "B Grade" >Cars are far easier to repair than cameras. I take it you haven't done >much car repair work...or camera repair. The number of parts has nothing >to do with difficulty of repair. > >Also, cars are far more expensive than camera equipment. They are also not >required to be as 'perfect' as camera equipment (which is a precision >instrument). I would believe, proportionally, more cars go back in for >repair than camera gear...but that's pure speculation. > >In 30 years of buying photo gear, I have never had one problem at all, >outside of normal maintenance. With every new car I've ever had, it has >had one or more problems that it had to go back, and back, and back...to >repair. > > >---------- >From: Raimo Korhonen >Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 3:27 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Vs: [Leica] "B Grade" > >What do you think they do with the cars that do not pass inspection? Send >to Timbuktu? No, they fix them - that?s what the factory here does at least >(yes, they make Porsches, too) - and cars contain more parts than cameras >so they are harder to fix. >All the best! >Raimo >photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen > >-----Alkuperainen viesti----- >Lahettaja: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com> >Vastaanottaja: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' ><leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> >>What do you think the camera manufacturers do, throw the ones out that >>don't pass, or have some human sit there and completely disassemble them, >>diagnose what the problem is, fix the problem, put them back together and >>toss them in the 'prime' bin? >> >>The question is, what happens to the ones that done "pass inspection"? >> > >