Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:54 AM 14-03-98 +0100, Milos wrote: [snip] >Now, quality - It's way below my expectations. The camera back door doesn't >sit on tight and isn't leveled with the body. I have heard of other people >with same problems. Think of all the Leica brochure bla bla about precision >up to the limits of the impossible and here's a 0.5mm tolerance. > >A big surprise was when I got a few black frames on some rolls, both during >fast and slow shooting. I will have to send the camera in. Anyone had these >problems? > >As far as the lens goes, it has a tiny metal particle between the elements >somewhere. What you are describing is not the *quality* of tjhe camera, rather what seems to be a problem with quality control. My 2 M6s have none of the problems you describe (touch wood). If the camera was of low quality, ALL M6s would be as yours is. This is no excuse for Leica Camera. They clearly have a quality control problem that must be addressed. I also own several Japanese cameras, and belong to the corresponding mailing lists in addition to the LUG, and, for example, I never read about Minolta cameras suffering from all these defects. It could very well be that many are created with these problems, but they never leave the factory. Dan C.