Re: [Leica] Leica revisited & production tolerances

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Yea! Eric!
I am beginning to see why someone like Herbert "I Never Met A Zoom I Didn't
Like"Keppler, or Marc" I Never Met A Russian LTM Lens I Didn't Like" Small
have lasted so long! They are 'centered' and one with the photo universe!!
Dan ( Happiness Is a Warm Leica)

- -----Original Message-----
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica revisited & production tolerances


>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