Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:16 AM 3/12/98 +0000, you wrote: a news source is a serious violation of my country=B4s constitution. And I don=B4t think the American constitution is very different in this respect. S= o when a Leica repairman confides in me and complains about recent quality deterioration I=B4m obliged by the ethics of journalism to protect his= identity. Actually, we journalists in the U.S. consider using unidentified sources as a last resort, and try not to go "off the record" unless we can find a verification for that story elsewhere that is independent of the first source.=20 Do you have a second source? I've had dealers tell me all sorts of things about Leica, and other makers' cameras. But I hear the opposite elsewhere. One dealer does not a significant statistical number produce.=20 So we all have to make our own determination. Nobody denies the R8 has some problems, but it's the first camera designed totally by Leica since the SL2. At the numbers they are working, I'm not surprised they have problems. Nikon probably tested more F5s than the whole first run of the R8. And they still had problems when the F5 came out. If Leica is leaving dirty lenses, well, they need to be told, so they can tighten up. The have stated publically they know their future is tied to producing the best optics in the world. So it's just a matter of time that they begin to feel the pressure, if there really is a problem. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch How do I set my laser printer on stun?