Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Roger, I did not even think about spare parts, but you make a very good point. Also, what about the two cams needed by the SL/SL2 cameras. Are all new lenses going to support only the R cameras? Planned obsolescence was never a Leica policy. Quite the contrary. Chris > >I, too, am disturbed, like Chris. I, also, do not own screw lenses, but it >makes you wonder what they will do years down the road when today's bayonet >lenses are passé. > >I intend writing them and explaining that if, indeed, this is true, then I >will not patronize Leica Service at all. Their policy re: screw mount lenses >could backfire to the extent that they lose *all* of their service business, >not just screw mount. > >I'd like to hear some more input on this. Is Leica Service willing to give >up all their business to the DAG's, Focal Point's, Sherry Kräuter's et al.? >If so, they've taken the first step. Of course, we're not even addressing >the issue of spare parts. > -- > Roger Beamon, Natural History Interpreter & Photographer > Member: LHSA > Docent: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum > INTERNET: beamon@primenet.com > > >