Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/11

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Subject: [Leica] Not Buying M8 nor Hummer nor Taunting Frank
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Tue Mar 11 19:10:26 2008
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thanks, I was really wondering about the digital track record.  Are you
serious about coming to Natchitoches iin November?  I'm thinking of the
22nd, but we could do it earlier.   The 22nd is the lighting of the
Christmas lights, but I can get them to turn them on for us.

On 3/11/08, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sonny,
> At last count I have bought, over the years, 14 new bodies from Nikon,
> starting with the  F2 and none have been defective. The only model I had
> some problem with, after 10 years of use was the FG. Those I still have
> still work flawlessly.
> Cheers
>
> Jayanand
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 3/11/08, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > However that combined with the rather alarming number of units which
> > > arrive dead or defective, has me hesitant to make the switch.
> >
> >
> > Do we know what percentage that is?  Do we even know how many  M8's are
> > out
> > there?
> >
> > My guess is thta we hear the horror stories because we stand on the
> right
> > street corner to hear the news.   I dunno, and would be interested in
> how
> > many Oly, Nikon, Pentax and Canon get sent back.
> >
> > I only bought one other new Leica, an M6, and it had a dead counter out
> of
> > the box.
> >
> > Biggest problem in this regard is that most cameras these days are not
> > sold
> > from stock, but drop shipped from the distributor.  The dealer has to
> > depend
> > on statistics for quality control..
> >
> > That has been the case for some time.  It works to some extent, but when
> > the
> > dealer doesn't get to check it out like the old days, the opportunity
> for
> > a
> > crash is much higher.
> >
> > (You can tell I'm feeling better these days, huh?   I'm walking really
> > good,
> > with my new knees.  )
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sonny
> > http://www.sonc.com
> > Natchitoches, Louisiana
> > USA
> >
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

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