Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2001-11-25-17:20:03 Henning Wulff: > I haven't had any defective Leica products out of the box in the past > ten years, but I _did_ have a couple in the 60's, and more in the > 70's. The only new piece of Leica gear I've bought which was bad out of the box (aside from a few things like stiff spots in focusing which worked their way out with use, and pull-out lens shades which refuse to stay put, probably due to a design flaw) was a brand-new 0.85-mag M6TTL whose rangefinder was misadjusted from the get-go. It also had the early-TTL problem of sucking batteries dry in weeks. I sent it in for repair, and waited with some frustration as it didn't come back, and didn't come back... then, a year later, they sent me a new camera. Turned out they were waiting for the engineering team to redesign the electronics so's not to require bus-bars from a hydroelectric plant to keep 'em powered, and for the changes to make it into production. The new camera has been perfect -- including battery life comparable to the M6 Classic. So... frustrating at the time, but I admire their insistence on getting it really truly right the second time. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html