Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> > >At 10:36 AM 12/13/2000 +0100, Stephen Holloway wrote: > >Sure the kit works. Have you ever used one? > >Of course, I have used one. I forced myself to use one for six months >before refitting the intended and original spool. > >My comments were not based on my experience alone. Speak to the camera >dealers of the era, to hear THEIR complaints about the kit and why very, >very few of these kits were ever sold. Leica also admitted this, and >dropped the kit from their catalog as soon as the original production was >exhausted. > >Check with most of the larger used Leica dealers in the US -- almost all of >them have these Never-Loard Kits available, new-in-box. Yet, it is a rare >find to come across one which has actually been USED. The word went out >rapidly in the Leica community that the orignial system was preferable, and >so Leica owners just voted with their pocketbooks and avoided the bloody >things. > Well, we'll give rumours the credence they deserve (none) and address your experiences. I'll give my question again: What specific defects in the kit (in your opinion) make it slower or less reliable than the original loading mechanism. - -- Stephen Holloway http://www.deepturtle.com/steve/photos _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com