Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:30 AM 1/10/97 -0800, Bill Welch wrote: >Seems like I remember reading somewhere, and perhaps it was the Pop >Photog review of the M6, that an analysis of the innerds suggested Solms >was using a few less rugged components these days. And putting spot >welds rather than screw adjustments in a place or two. But I'm not a >technician, obviously, and can't say if that's so or not. The review as in Pop (hardly a decent source, of course) and found NOT that there was a use of less rugged components, but that previously adjustable components had been replaced with 'take it or leave it' parts -- if they are out of spec, they need replacement as they are no longer adjustable. My experience with the M4 is that so many bloody parts are adjustable that SOMETHING is always out of whack. With the M6, this doesn't seem to be the case and the camera stays well in spec unless catastrophic failure occurs. The change to non-adjustable parts seems to have been made to maintain the camera's long life and not to lower quality or production cost. Again, I'm no fan of Pop, but, for what it's worth, the review in question concluded that the M6 maintained Leica quality nicely. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!