Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 vs Contax quality control
From: Larry Kopitnik <kopitnil@mra-inc.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 08:49:20 -0600

>>>>>>>>>>
>With all of the discussion on LUG about quality control (or lack of it) on
the
>M6, I'm wondering if I'll ever follow through with adding an M6 to my two
M3s.
>Does anyone know if similar quality control issues are associated with the
>Contax G1?

What in the world do the G1 and M6 have in common that would make you ask
that question?
<<<<<<<<<<<

To answer the last question first, they're both interchangeable lens
rangefinder cameras of high cost with lenses equally outstanding and
optically unequaled by anyone else. That's what they have in common. Beyond
this list, the M6 and G cameras compete for buyer's money every day. Just
as the R cameras compete with Nikons and Canons.

To answer the original question, my first G1 had a speck of dust in the
viewfinder. And as much as that finder magnifies the image, the speck was
quite annoying. My dealer let me keep that G1 until he got in another one a
few weeks later, then exchanged it. In the year-and-a-half I owned the
newer one, I never had another problem.

Larry