Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, Jerry, but were you putting windows in trucks at one truck a minute? Did you work an assembly line? Ever done that? ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:47 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] M[67] ramblings Kit I was working in the aerospace industry at 73 and collecting a pension ---$83.01 per month. Yes, I once did buy a Leica at a garage sale. Also a Piaget watch (not the same sale). A Linn Sondek Turntable. An 1956 Navy Colt. A Sherline machine shop. Nikon binoculars. Nikonos camera. Several Daguerreotypes (sp?). Jerry Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > Jerry-- > > Hey there. Yes, I've heard of Detroit. My dad was the oldest person working > the assembly line in Atlanta when he retired. He was so old that they had to > pay him his pension while he was still working. Retired at age 72. And I > could tell you horror stories about what goes on in an auto factory. > > Now, as for Leica, well, you have some old Leica's, don't you? Have you been > trading them in every two? And remember ... some of us weren't around to > change Oskar Barnack's diapers, so we don't have an ur-Leica stowed away in > our Lederhosen! Some of us like to buy new things! > > And honestly, have you ever found a Leica in a garage sale? I think you just > made that up. > > Kit > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jerry > Lehrer > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:26 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] M[67] ramblings > > Kit > > Have you never heard of the Detroit inspired doctrine of "Planned > Obsolescence"? > > How are they gonna sell M7s, when you folks want to keep using > and fixing your M2 thru M6? > > Live with it, buy a new Leica every 2 years and sell the old ones > at garage sales. > > If you want Leica to stay in business ya gotta buy! > > Jerry > > Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > > > Well, and can't these parts be made again, or am I just being totally > naive? > > You'd think Leica would want to supply parts for cameras, especially for a > > model that enjoyed 20 years of production! There are quite a few out > there, > > no? > > > > Kit > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Bill > > Satterfield > > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 11:51 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] M[67] ramblings > > > > What would you need to repair it? Maybe we should put together a kit. > > Is this possible or practical? > > > > John Collier wrote: > > > > > One reason for the switch to the TTL was the fact that the M6 > > > electronics were obsolete and no longer available. As far as I know > > > they have sufficient supplies for repairs for a good time yet. > > > > > > John Collier > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 08:19 AM, Austin Franklin wrote: > > > > > >>> Do you want to buy a camera that will last 30-50 years or do you > > >>> want to be > > >>> told the ( electronic) parts are not available in 5 years? > > >> > > >> > > >> Bingo, Frank. I'm now being told my 15 year old Hasselblad 200x can no > > >> longer be serviced... This does not make me very happy. I believe > > >> even the > > >> meter parts for the M6 will eventually be the downside. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html