Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I am curious why you discontinued the serial #'s. Seemed a good idea to >me. > >Stephen Gandy > I thought so too. Someone here complained that I wasn't managing my web site to their liking. What they failed to realize was that it was a gift of both my time and my money. I don't require folks to suck up to me, but when they whine about what I DO do, eh, well, it irks me. Now about Solms - do you REALLY feel that they've turned out an inferior camera in the M6? If so, why do mine work so well? When I look at and use my new lenses, I feel that they are better constructed and better performing than the old ones I use. Now, I realize that the DR Summi is a machined work of art. Nothing they make today looks or feels like that one. But, agree or not, the glass and mounts they make today are awesome. The bodies aren't too bad either. I've owned and operated M3's, M4-P's, and now M6's - the 6's are fine cameras. To say that they're not of "Leica quality" is horsehockey. It's a myth. You could say that about anything, but until the proof comes - thirty or so years down the road - no one really knows how these cameras will hold up to use. Regards, Ben W. Holmes Boulder, CO visit my web site at http://www.frii.com/~bholmes/ Leica serial numbers and Leica classifieds are no longer available http://www.frii.com/~bholmes/photodat.htm