Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Consistent underexposure problem
From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 07:59:07 +0200
 
From: David Morton <dmorton@journalist.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 23:42
Subject: Re: [Leica] Consistent underexposure problem


> According to Francis Pillet of Leica, on his guided
> tour of the Leica factory at Solms on the 24th of August
> 1999, most of the M6 assembly process is carried out
> in Portugal.

I am disappointed, then.  No matter what anyone might claim, assembly in
Portugal is not the same as assembly in Germany.

What was the reason for doing so much in Portugal?  Given the price of the
camera, I really don't buy the argument that labor in Germany is too expensive.

> The final assembly, test and QA/QC are done in
> Solms, Germany.

What sorts of things count as final assembly?  Are bodies that fail the QA/QC
sent back to Portugal, or what?

  -- Anthony