Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I bought my only m6 around 1985 brand new. CA:1985, it had..,. less than compleatly parrallel curtains off horizontal red Leitz circle Second curtain climbing slightly on the first 1 small blemish near the shutterspeed dial It wasn't worth the trouble of sending it back and the first roll of film came out great. So I kept it as-is Still use it that way never CLAd Ah The good ole days when Leitz QC problems were always cosmetic. As for hasselblads I bought a 2000FC about 1 year ago The lens cranking /coupling mechanism Is the worst I've seen anywhere at any price. If anything goes wrong with the lens or the body They will lock on to each other, on the 4th frame of the first roll in my case and the only way to separate them is to rake the thing apart from the back. QWhat a god awful design! Getting the thing together again correctly is an even bigger pain in the ass, No timing Marks! This is what happens when Swedes try to engineer like germans Great QC though as I've heard. There is definitly a market for Leitz here. If they would only do somethging that makes sense for a change Best Regards Javier