Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh YEAH BABY!!!!! I'd like to introduce you Dr. Murphy..... he will be coming along for the trip! When I went to Australia (didn't have Leica's then!) Brought: Canon A2 Olympus XA (Best inexpensive travel camera!!) Fuji GS645s (Best Med format travel camera) Canon AE-1 (the wife's) Holga (yeah, I know!) Never had a problem with ANY of them! But, you can bet if I brought only ONE of ANY of them- it would've gone down faster than a (fill in your own analogy, mine would get me in trouble!) :) Bob Keene >Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:30:15 -0500 >From: Harrison McClary <harrison@mcclary.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 question > >>With an upcoming venture to foreign lands, I was wondering, in regards to >>the >>M6, from those who have used them a lot over a period of time, how many >>people (if any) have had them fail in the course of use, and in what way? > >DT, > >It will not matter if you have the thing checked out and brought to 100% >best working proportions, if it is the only camera you take IT WILL >FAIL...the gremlins will make sure of this. > >The rule when doing location photography is the further you are from a >piece of equipment the greater your need for it (paraphrasing Carl >S...and it is VERY true) > >This rule is doubled when on the road to some location where you spent >$$$$ to get to and likely will never see again in this life. So, as >always, take some kind of back-up. If you take the backup you will not >need it and the M6, or whatever you take will work flawlessly. > >Harrison McClary >email: harrison@mcclary.net >http://www.mcclary.net >preview my book: http://www.volmania.com