RE: [Leica] M6 Shutter accuracy?

["Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>]

Hi Robert,

Interesting perception.  I would agree, but there is a huge difference in
price and for what you pay for an R8 you should not get a dead one out of
the box.  I had the same trouble with a Rebel G I bought for my son.  The
built-in flash was dead out of the box.  My dealer promptly replaced it and
its been fine ever since. That's OK with a $250 camera but I think I would
have been far more angry if it was a $1500 camera body and it was dead out
of the box.

Peter K

- -----Original Message-----
From: Robert G. Stevens [mailto:robsteve@istar.ca]
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 11:53 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Shutter accuracy?


Tom:

I had a dead out of the box EOs Elan IIe last year.  I brought it back to
the dealer the next morning and he gave me another one.  I think where
Leica gets the bad PR quality is that most people do not have dealers with
the stock to simply hand them a new camera off the shelf but have to wait
until their camera is repaired or a replacement arrives.  I imagine Leica
prefers to repair the cameras, while Canon may just accept the duds back
from the dealers and dispose of them rather than repair.

Regards,

Robert

At 11:57 AM 4/19/99 EDT, you wrote:
>The funny thing is that the quality is there on an EOS and Toyota.
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