Re: [Leica] LHSA Camera Serial Numbers -- oh no Mr. Bill ....

[Stephen Gandy <Stephen@CameraQuest.com>]

Geez Bill,

that is a scary story  -- that Leica's technicians are so inept that Leica has
difficulty getting something simple like an accessory shoe properly engraved and
/ or fitted with a working flash circuit.   No wonder they no longer put the
serial numbers on the top plate !!   It's also scary that management would allow
such a half assed approached to production serial numbers.

This  begs the question how many cameras new Leica buyers are really paying for?
- --- the one in the box plus how many rejected and dumped due to poorly trained
and managed technicians ??

I can't help but hope whoever told you this was mistaken.  It's a sorry state of
affairs for Leica precision if it's true.

Stephen Gandy

LEICAMAN56@aol.com wrote:

> As many of you may have guessed, the serial numbers for the LHSA cameras are
> not sequential.  The serial numbers appear to cover a broad range.  I was
> told by Leica Solms that this is the result of current production methods at
> Leica Solms.  As the serial numbers are engraved on the shoe, if for some
> reason the shoe or the TTL electronics in it are defective, the shoe is
> trashed along with its serial number!  They do not re-engrave the serial
> number on a new shoe.  Hence the wide spread of serial numbers.
> Future Leica historians will have a very difficult time making sense of the
> serial numbers assigned specific cameras.
>
> Bill Rosauer