Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. Yessireee! "...really quite bizarre..." Not one of my 5 Nikons has ever given the slightest hint of trouble and I have 0 complaints with them. On the other hand my 2 M2's have been ALMOST trouble free and, yes, I love them all, Nikon's and Leicas. Steve Annapolis - ---------- >From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: M6 Viewfinder rangefinder patch flare CONTROL ?? >Date: Fri, Feb 11, 2000, 8:59 AM > > I've got to weigh in on Stephen's side on this one....Yes, it's helpful for > LUGers who have found Rube Goldberg fixes for the problem to share those > fixes...But the bottom line is the question of why we are willing to put up > with Scotch tape and Magic Marker fixes of a quite basic defect in a $2000 > camera BODY? People on this list worry about every tiny nick and scratch > their Leica's pick up. They leave the plastic stickem piece on the base > plate. Some treat their cameras with more care than I'd bet they treat their > children - and yet we blithely discuss ways to place little dots of paper on > the view finder window to make it possible to USE the rangefinder. There is > something really quite bizarre about this. > > And what can we do? > > What might happen if every single LUGer who has a viewfinder problem wrote > to Leica complaining and demanding a fix? > > B. D. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Paul > Chefurka > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:30 PM > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: M6 Viewfinder rangefinder patch flare CONTROL > ?? > > > I don't think anyone feels it's "OK" do have to do stuff like this. But > what alternative do we have? Wait for Leica to retrofit all our cameras > with a fix they have as much as said will not be forthcoming? Rather than > just bitch about the problem to no avail, we're trying to solve it > ourselves. Such grass-roots efforts don't seem all that wrong-headed to me. > > I'm interested in what approach you'd recommend. You seem to imply that > there are other ways to deal with the problem. > > Paul Chefurka > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Stephen Gandy [mailto:leicanikon@earthlink.net] >>Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:55 AM >>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: M6 Viewfinder rangefinder patch flare CONTROL >>?? >> >> >>Does anyone else besides me think this particular thread is >>going the wrong way >>? >> >>My god people, you buy a $2,000 M6 camera body and then >>believe it's OK to use >>tape or a rubber band to get it to work right ?? >> >>the only thing being controlled is the customer's low level of >>expectations >> >>Stephen Gandy >> >> >