Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:15 AM 7/31/97 -0700, Stephen Gandy wrote: >While the Leitz family owned Leica, they were dedicated to making the >best cameras. Stephen, this simply isn't true: the Leitz family, from EL I on, were dedicated to making money. They were as profit-driven as any other businessman. Ask Emil Keller: he worked for them in the 1930's and again after the War, and knew them all intimately, being a frequent guest at the mansion. The present Leica concern is making the most reliable, toughest, most durable RF camera yet produced. One biting example: through the M4, Leica all but insisted on an annual service for their cameras -- that is, the cameras were constructed with the idea that once each year a technician would go over them and perform a CLA. The M6 is built with the idea that no regular services will be performed. Quite a change, and quite a feather in the cap for the M6. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!