Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Problem with M6 scratching film
From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:42:59 -0500 (CDT)

Ya know, those Zorkis have nicely polished pressure plates....
as do the crappy little pentax k-1000 and it's offspring....
whattaya expect for your $2K, anyway?  Jeez....I HATE picky 
people....Upgrade that junk to a quality russian product....
they need the money.
Walt

On Sat, 10
Apr 1999, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> I should think a camera coming out with an unfinished pressure plate
> would be of the worst possible quality. The opposite of what we hope and
> think of in Leica.
> In my frame of reference a crummy pressure plate equals a crummy camera,
> they are synomomous.
> What do I know? If its smooth I consider it. Not, then it's junk.
> 
> I can't picture Leica coming out with cameras with unfinished pressure plates.
> That would be like telling me middle grey is not middle grey.
> Say it aint true!
> Could someone write in with a story of a new Leica pressure plate that
> needed finishing before it would stop scratching film and then when it
> was finished by whatever method stopped scratching film. I just want to
> read about it first hand so I can give up quilting for good.
> Mark Rabiner
> There is no Dog.
>