Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/16

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: New Rangefinder cameras
From: "Roger Beamon" <beamon@primenet.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 05:22:42 +0000
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>    ...  Now if we're talking Leica, now that's different. Their pro
>    cameras - R6.2, R7, and M6 are all great, but the R line is no more
>    reliable than the Minolta pro models. And none of them are as
>    relaible as an EOS1n or F4/5...
> 
> Eric, I'm curious about where you get your data here.  I don't know of
> any reliability surveys of cameras, whereas (for example) automobile
> reliability is very well documented by J.D. Powers, Consumer Reports,
> and other firms.  Are you just giving your opinion and maybe the
> opinions of your friends in this case, or do you know of some serious
> work to figure out which cameras are reliable and which aren't?

Plus the fact that the F5 isn't even in the hands of the public yet. 
Reliability data on it is several years away.
--
Roger Beamon,  Naturalist & Photographer
                          Docent: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
                          Leica Historical Society Of America
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