RE: [Leica] Flare in the Rangefinder

["Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>]

> >> The problem of flare in the
> >> rangefinder
> >> is a solid, *factual* indication of the decline in quality
> from the M3 to
> >> the M6.
> >
> > Do you mean build quality, material quality...what quality are
> you referring
> > to?
>
>
> Well, this to me indicates a design flaw, but I am not
> well-enough versed in
> optical materials to determine whether it is a result of cost-cutting in
> that department as well.  It is, however, unarguably a flaw.

I agree the rangefinder flare problem IS a design flaw, but the poster
claimed that there was a "decline in quality", and I wanted to know what
'quality' s/he meant.  The M6 may be assembled 'better', materials may be
'better', but those have nothing to do with a design flaw, so my point is, a
design flaw has nothing to do with 'quality', per se, depending on what you
mean by "quality".