Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recently returned a Wetzlar-era M6 to Leica to have a exposure-meter fault repaired. On collecting it, I was surprised to see that the "Leitz" red badge from the front of the camera had been removed and replaced with a modern "Leica" badge. I’m sure that the owner of a Daimler motor car would not expect to get it back from a repair job with the Daimler radiator badge removed and a 1999 "DaimlerChrysler" badge substituted. I certainly did not anticipate that sending a Leitz camera for repair would result in its being re-badged. If it was necessary to remove the badge in order to perform the meter repair (and to the best of my knowledge the badge only gives access to the rangefinder adjustments), then the original should have been replaced, or a substitute of the correct type fitted. However it seems that Leica UK (and presumably the parent company in Solms) are running out of Leitz red badges, so returning an early M6 for repair could result in its being rebadged! Regards, Doug Richardson