Re: [Leica] Re: Freedom of expression and responsibility

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

Jim Brick wrote:
> 
> I'll add my M6, that I bought new last year, to Dan's sample. So now it's
> two good, one bad.
> 
> Jim
> 
> At 06:43 AM 6/1/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Since you are trying to draw conclusions from statistical sample sizes of
> >one, I can tell you that the Leica M6 that I bought last year works
> >perfectly.  So my example cancels out the one you listed (twice).
> >
> >Dan C.
> >
> >At 12:07 AM 01-06-99 EDT, DonJR wrote:
> >>  >>
> >>
> >>Dear Sir:
> >>
> >>Please explain this latest post since it must have slipped past the censors:
> >>
> >>
> >>"I bought a new M6 body from Don Chatterton a few weeks ago. [snip]
> >

I've had my M6 for 6 years. It hits the floor or pavement hard about
every other year. I had the focusing adjusted once while I stood their
for 40 seconds. Now I do it myself with a screwdriver. When ever I get
some extra cash instead of buying an extra body like any intelligent
person would I buy more new glass usually of the ASPH or Apo ilk.
It takes a likin and keeps on ticken. I'm averaging 5 or 10  rolls per
week in this one body.
It will receive it's first CLA in the very beginning of next millennium
after I get a second body.
Two other people have gone out and bought Leica M systems as a result of
seeing my camera and prints.
My second body will not be a ttl but a black version of my M6 classic.
But I will not be ordering this camera from New York like the first. I
will buy it over the counter from a store in Portland Oregon and make
sure a lens fits on it and the pressure plate is smooth. No more waiting
and guessing. My trust level has sunk a tad but part of this is my own
age and my own relationship to where and how I throw my money.
Mark Rabiner