Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:17 PM 4/28/99 -0400, you wrote: >1. Does this mean pressure plates that scratch the back of film in the M-6 >cameras are considered by Leica not to be a problem? Maybe not for Leica, >but it is not a desirable trait for a $2,000.00 camera body that the owner >expects to meet very minimal standards that are met by $50.00 cameras world >wide. >2. Does "non-TTL" mean those cameras that do not have the through-the-lens >flash exposure capability? If so, that would mean the very great majority of >M-6 cameras were produced with faulty pressure plates since the TTL flash >capability M-6 cameras are relatively new on the market. Sheesh. Always looking for the worst possible spin on any statement anyone makes. No, it's not a problem - as presented by several people here who think a small problem is the end of Western Civilization as we know it. (Listen to Prairie Home Companion this week?) It is a problem for Leica in that it happened, and it's a problem for the poor souls who ended up with one of these cameras. It is not a problem of Leica QC having gone down the hole due to bean counters trying to squeeze as much quality out of the cameras as they can - as some have claimed here. It's not a problem, because as we have stated here over and over again, it was a small batch of cameras. They were all pre-TTL (i.e. no current cameras being made). Small batch is just that. A SMALL BATCH. Got it? Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Maintenance-free: When it breaks, it can't be fixed