[Leica] mechanical shutters

["Emanuel Lowi" <mano@proxyma.net>]

In 25 years, Sherry and DAG and Reinhold will, I hope, be enjoying their
much-deserved retirements on the Riviera or some South Seas island. 

I have yet to meet a younger person keen on mastering the internal intricacies of the
Leica M or screwmount cameras, nor, for that matter, any other precision mechanical
device. As someone who is still on the south side of 40, I despair about the
interests and aptitudes of my own and the following generations, especially when I
imagine that I may want to continue using my Leicas in my old age.

Given Leica Inc.'s own increasingly spotty performance on the quality control and
service score, perhaps moving soon to electronics and their concomitant
"broken-replace it"  philosophy  will be the best way to insure survival for the
marque. People like Sherry and DAG and Reinhold are bound to become as scarce as the
rarest Leica one day.

Emanuel Lowi
Montreal