Re: [Leica] M Camera Reliability - Gandy v. Marc v. Puts v. the LUGgies

["Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>]

>>As to Mr. Gandy being asked to name sources, that's an old lawyer's trick!
Once named, they will be picked apart and condemned by M6 owners as heretics
for mentioning that older M cameras are better built.  You know, basically
the same as discrediting witnesses in court.....shades of Johnny Cochran.<<

So, if I understand you correctly, we should allow parties to a dispute to
present the testimony of anonymous witnesses and we're supposed to believe
they're reliable because one side says they are?

Bryan


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 11:50 AM
Subject: [Leica] M Camera Reliability - Gandy v. Marc v. Puts v. the LUGgies


> A good friend of mine has been repairing Lieca's (professionally, that is
> the way he makes a living) for about 30 years.  He too has noted that the
> older M3s are Leica's finest mechanically engineered camera.  That is not
to
> say the M6 is a bad camera, but only to say that the master craftsmen were
> still at Leica when the M3 was in production.
>
> As to Mr. Gandy being asked to name sources, that's an old lawyer's trick!
> Once named, they will be picked apart and condemned by M6 owners as
heretics
> for mentioning that older M cameras are better built.  You know, basically
> the same as discrediting witnesses in court.....shades of Johnny Cochran.
>
> Peter K
>