Ethnic slur by "zapcomix@silicon.com" (Claude Trei) ATTENTION!!! LEICA RIPPING OFF PHOTOGRAPHERS. [rec.photo.equipment.35mm #16152] (fwd)

[Tom Hodge <thodge@charweb.org>]

To whom it may concern:

Please be advised the following message from a Mr. Claude Trei contains 
an ethnic slur towards Germans.  I personally find his choice of wording 
totally unacceptable and outrageously improper.  I urge the Internet 
service provider for him to cancel his service immediately.  I urge his 
employer - should they be addressed - to take appropriate actions as 
would be fitting anyone making sexist, racist or harassing comments to a 
fellow employee.

Respectfully,

Tom Hodge / thodge@charweb.org

	

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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 21:46:27 -0400
From: rec.photo.equipment.35mm.Newsgroup@msc.cornell.edu
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: ATTENTION!!! LEICA RIPPING OFF PHOTOGRAPHERS. [rec.photo.equipment.35mm #16152]


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------ From zapcomix@silcom.com (Claude Trei)

I just spent 2800 dollars on an M-6, a 35mm 1.4 and a 50mm 2.0.  That's a
lot of dough for a range finder and a couple of lenses.  The camera and
lenses work beautifully and take marvellous pictures.  I have not
conducted any scientific tests, but the images are much better than
anything I've shot in years of using Canon and Nikon  equipment.  Only
Olympus comes close.  That's the good news.  On the down side, I have
these gripes:

  1. Leica camera strap is poorly designed, and plastic part broke.  I've
sent it back to Leica for replacement.
   2.  The rear lens cap split in half, Leica refuses to replace it.  It's
poorly made, and heavily over priced.  I can't afford to replace their
crappy, ill-conceived rear lens cap!
   3.  I need a lens hood for the 35mm 1.4, so I can reduce glare, and use
series 7 filters, it won't take screw ins.  Those crazy Krauts want 95
dollars for a lens hood!
   4.  The 35mm lens is full of little black specks, believed to be bits
of laquer which has flecked off from the inside of the lens barrel.  It's
an obviuos design flaw.  Those cheap shits won't even fix it for free!  A
lens that costs 1500 dollars, should have some kind of decent customer
service, especially when it is a flaw in the design.

   Just wanted to share this information with anyone planning on buying a
Leica.  The people that make that camera are arrogant and extortionate. 
They should fix my equipment and incorporate design improvments in the
next series of lenses.  They should replace defective equipment.

   I picked up an old battered pair of Swarovski (Austrian) binoculars.  I
called them up in New Jersey to ask how I could eliminate flare at night. 
They had me send in the binoculars.  They repaired them for free and their
customer service was outstanding.  The Leica repair guy sounded rude and
ignorant.  I was treated as if I did not know what I was talking about. 
I'm really pissed off with Leica.  They better get their shit together,
because I intend to pass the word around about their over priced equipment
and shoddy customer service.

   Having said that I wouldn't part with my Leica gear for the world.  The
black specks are not affecting image quality, and if they do, there is a
repair man in SB who will fix the lens for 50 bucks, half of Leica's
price.

   BEWARE LEICA RIP OFF ON SMALL BITS WHICH SHOULD NOT COST SO MUCH!!

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