Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, Vick, the 6-year statute of limitations for complaints about material choice on the M5 is long over. This is an annoying problem with hot shoe cameras. More annoying is when a hot shoe flash leaves a scratch on a cold flash shoe! on 10/7/01 10:34 AM, Vick Ko at vick.ko@sympatico.ca wrote: > I wanted some pictures of my son yesterday, and it was a dark and > miserable day. > So I decided to pull out a flash, and put it into my M5. When I took > the flash off, > there was a nice groove, engraved into the plastic bit and the metal > stud on the > flash hot shoe. > > I was so annoyed that Leitz would have chosen such soft material for > this > potentially high wear area. > > Maybe it's their way to assure that the camera gains a "wear mark" - > kind of like > ripping the seal off of disks for software. You used it, you own it. > > ....end of vent... please return to normal programming. > > Vick > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html