Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>I have to agree with Seth. While it is indeed true that today's technology >>makes reporting these problems to a very wide audience almost instantaneous, >>my experience with Leica Solms has not been the best. >>I purchased three new Leica lenses in the last two months: a 28-70mm vario >>(current version), a 80-200mm vario (current version) and a 100mm 2.8 APO >>(current version). >>I had to send the 28-70mm back three times to get a decent lens; 80-200mm >>twice, 100mm 2.8 APO three times (never got a good one). >>[snip] >>Does this sound like a company that occasionally sends out a bad product? >> >>Tom Henson > > > Tom, > > What happened to you was indeed unfortunate, but before we conclude - as > some apparently have - that Leica quality control is an oxymoron, let's not > forget that the few thousand LUGGERS have probably collectively spent > millions on hundreds of thousands of Leica products. > > We never hear from folks who've just bought a lens and/or body and it > functions flawlessly right out of the box. But should someone receive a bum > lens (or two, or three), we hear about it long and loud. > > I would wager that there are a lot more of the former than the latter. Count me as one of the former, not a single glitch from the 12 new or used Leica lenses I have bought. sl > > Perhaps that should be taken into consideration before we write off Leica > quality control. > > Guy >