Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. >