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> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> 
>Sent: Sunday, 23 September 2012, 13:39
>Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Nikon D600
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>Mark Rabiner wrote:
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>>I've also owned most of those bodies having used them extensively over
>>decades and I'd describe their mirror operation as excellent which would be
>>stating the obvious and a long time industry consensus.. I spent very 
>>little
>>to nothing on repair. They're reputation was deservedly excellent. Not sure
>>if a Minolta I mean the early Leica R's was as reliable. I'm thinking not.
>>Way not.
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>Nikon's reputation for reliability (apart from resistor rings) was in part 
>due to the loose tolerances that allowed dirt and grime to fall right 
>through them while a camera with tighter tolerances depends more on keeping 
>the dreck out.? And I would not describe the F as having a quiet mirror 
>action.? It was more an industrial clunk.? The Leicaflexes are quieter and 
>smoother in my experience, and apart from the FTN resistor ring (parts 
>getting scarce by the mid-1980s) and the SL's shutter speed dial (parts 
>still available) the reliability was pretty much the same.
>
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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