Re: [Leica] Re: Leica quality

[fbrunell@bonzai.net (Francois Brunelle)]

I strongly agree with you Jim.  Moreover, I believe tha Leica goes out of
its way to give an outstanding warranty...and, as it has been mentionned
many times:  when you buy a Leica you can rest assure that you will have
service and parts for years to come.  After all, how many of you can still
have a 20-25-30 year old piece of equipment serviced these days?

Francois
- -----Original Message-----
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica quality


>A lot of what you just said becomes true only when you place the product on
>a pedestal, view the company as "God-like", and otherwise inspect every
>tiny detail of everything Leitz/Leica made/makes with a microscope. Do
>people do this with the Contax G camera, Canon E's, or the Nikon F's. No.
>They buy them and use them. I buy Leicas and use them. They are tools, not
>jewelry. And if you do inspect other cameras and camera companies with the
>SAME microscope, you will find at least as many anomalies, if not more.

>At 11:44 AM 9/1/98 +0000, you wrote:
>>Marga (Souris) wrote: QC has deteriorated universally due to our
>>"plastic" throw away technology
>>
>>I remember my late father being shocked by the appearance of plastic
>>on the M4 and Leicaflex. For his generation, plastic = junk, and the
>>appearance of plastic on the M4 was to him a sign that Leica quality
>>had started to deteriorate.  It's easy to smile at such a simplistic
>>view, but I wonder how many sales were lost to folk of his age back in
>>the 1960s and early 1970s.
>>
>>What's even sadder than the deterioration of QC is the deterioration
>>in design quality. The M6 has been in production since 1984, and we
>>still have to turn the shutter to B to avoid running down the
>>batteries. Spectacle wearers still can't see the 28mm frame. The
>>camera still doesn't have an R-style opening back. And on how many
>>cameras is the plastic tip of the lever wind scuffing the top panel?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Doug Richardson
>>