Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]carl cook wrote: > It must be tough to get good workers in Germany too: Non-union, skilled manufacturing jobs here in the US of A don't seem to pay all that well: I never got the impression that this was a secure career that would pay for a particularly comfy lifestyle, and the working environment? Usually out in the industrial or tech park district away from mass transit, parks and most eateries. Schools and child care facilities? Forget it! Me, I spent a summer making communications gear and that was enough. I think I have the skills to build a Leica, but it's much easier these days just to juggle bits all day and let NASDAQ earn me more money while I goof off! I've been happy with my Leicas though; I try to buy mine as Code U/Demo merchandise. I think of this as having gone through extra QC. Jeff Segawa no archive > About a month and a half ago, I purchased my second Leica body, the vaunted > M6 TTL, brand new, from a very reputable store. The rangefinder was off -- > the images would not converge (a brand new sealed in the box M6...BROKEN? > The shock!). The sales rep traded me for another one. This camera works > fine except that so far, the only sync cord I can get to work in it is from > an old Vivitar 283 [snip]