Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have two M4-2s that perform well for me. I must be doing something wrong. I am supposed to find them a problem, I guess. Roland Smith Oakland, California - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@powersurfr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 6:24 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Third Quarter Viewfinder > Hi Nathan, > > You are right to be cautious. I opened mine and one article was badly > contaminated and the issue was only saved by Tom and Henning's wonderful > article on 21mm lenses. Unfortunately Roy Moss's article on M4 cameras was > about the worst thing I have ever seen in a Leica magazine. I do not mind > people having personal favourites but to viciously slam other cameras is > annoying and immature. Initial teething problems in the M4 are glossed over* > while the M4-2 is raked over the coals for its initial production bugs. > H***, initial M4-2 production involved moving all the M manufacturing > equipment thousands of miles and training new staff. He then praises > (faintly) the M4-P! The M4-P is an identical camera off the same production > line as the M4-2. The only real difference is the frameline mask set. There > is a selective quote from Norm Goldberg slamming the M4-2 while I have an > article from 1980 where he says it is a great camera but the early ones need > to be adjusted properly. > > Once again the KS15-4/M2-R is given the credit as the camera for which rapid > loading was developed. Looking at production allocation dates and > prototypes, it is obvious that rapid loading was being developed for the M4 > and used in the KS15-4 not the other way around. > > Sorry about the rant but Leica "purists" who think it cannot be a Leica > unless it is made in Wetzlar drive me nuts. Now where the h*** did my > therapist's number get to... > > John Collier > > * Why there would be any at all is amazing as the camera is not that much > different from a M3 and the same production crew was used. > > > From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> > > > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > >> I got mine. > >> The new "Viewfinder" was waiting for me when i got back from San Antonio last > >> weekend with the Leica M4 on red box on the cover. > >> A week later than everyone else cause i drove. > > > > It is a great magazine and itself sufficient reason to join the LHSA. I got > > mine > > yesterday, but given the news I am watching re the seemingly more and more > > widespread > > anthrax threat I am not opening the envelope nor any other mail from the > > U.S.:-( > > > > -- > 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