Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>On 29 Sep 97, ted grant wrote: > ><snip> > >> Be my guest if you wish to pass on my remarks, as I have no idea how >> to get at him or the newsgroup in question or I would take him to task >> myself for his nonsense. Obviously a person mentally challenged! :) > >Your lack of knowledge/ability to "get at him" is a distinct advantage >in maintaining your sanity. >-- In defense of Mr. Fisher, who claimed that the Ms are not professional tools, I should report that he does own an M and in the past has owned up to 5 at once. I've been in private e-mail with him and his dissatisfaction with the rangefinder durability is based on personal experience. Whether or not his generalization about the Ms suitability for serious use is warranted or not is a point of contention in our discussion. I think contacting him directly about his public statements (no matter where they are posted) is appropriate, but it is perhaps unfair to continue to criticize him here without hearing him out. Some people, I guess, have bad experiences with the M. I've had a good experience so far and am of the semi-informed opinion that the M6 rangefinder is more likely to stay in place than those in older versions since it has fewer screws that can come loose. And the Leica rep who admitted misalignment problems was, I believe, talking about vertical misalignment that does not affect focussing accuracy. My impression was that it took some hard knocks (such as can occur when the camera is shipped great distances by various carriers) to cause this. I'm not going to bang my M on something to find out, but as with any intricate device I wouldn't expect it to survive abuse unscathed in every instance. - -Charlie