Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/26

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Subject: [Leica] We're not alone - quality problems
From: dannyg1 <dannyg1@IDT.NET>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 12:22:48 +0000

Nathan Wong, a staple of the CIS photoforum, had this to say on USENET today:

" I've heard of a lot of brand new Leica M6's having
quite a few problems over on CompuServe. Of course they were resolved by
Leica, but they were there when the owner opened his box. I know you can
make the statement that even cars have problems when new, but I've never
had a camera break down when bought new (used is another animal
altogether!). The problems ranged from a frame counter that didn't work,
even after numerous repairs, to the rangefinder being off! If that's
handmade quality for you...forget it! I'll take my mass produced Nikon
anyday."

Apparantly the recent quality control problems are being experienced and discussed 
outside of this list and it's interesting that the problems reported seem identical across 
boards. 

Danny Gonzalez