Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This serial number thread is crazy. Leica does not only make ONE item at at time, they are constantly producing R cameras, R lenses, M cameras and M lenses at the same time. This means that blocks of serial numbers must be assigned to production runs of each item. How could you make sure all LHSA cameras produced are sequential when you don't even know how many you are going to produce? Jeff Alford > From: Stephen Gandy <Stephen@CameraQuest.com> > Organization: CameraQuest > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 10:08:41 -0700 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] LHSA Camera Serial Numbers -- oh no Mr. Bill .... > > 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 >