Re: [Leica] M Durability

["Don" <don.ro@verizon.net>]

Bob, I am in complete agreement with your assessment of the issue. I
have used the M series since 1957 and sold off the M-6 after comparing
it with the old faithfuls, ie., the M-3's.

Don Rorschach
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "BOB KRAMER" <BobKramer@COOPERCARRY.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:39 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] M Durability


> B.D., How do you really *know* that the M3 is less reliable than the
M6?
> Unless you can offer some type validation for this view, I imagine
this is
> more of a  guess on your part then actual knowledge.  If we were
talking
> automobiles, I would agree with you, but a camera doesn't have near
the
> moving parts or wear and tear that a car does.
>
> So pick your poison, I say.  An older but better built camera, or a
newer
> camera without the classic build quality.  One thing is for sure.  One
would
> be smart to carry two bodies regardless of the manufacture date if you
are
> on a paid assignment.
>
> BTW, the mirror separation is a gradual condition that happens over
many
> years.  Its not like the prism falls out of the camera or anything.
>
> BK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
> Subject: RE: [Leica] M Durability
>
>
> More power to you, Mark - But old cameras do die, just like old cars
die,
> old home appliances die, and old people die - no matter how well
they're
> maintained. In the case of Ms, the finders go belly up - and, if one
> believes Sherry Krauter, cannot be reliably repaired when they do
(although
> they can be replaced with a more modern rangefinder) - and the shutter
> curtain roller mechanism goes.
>
> But again, its a matter of what you're personally comfortable with. I
> certainly know that when I'm on a job something can go wrong with one
of my
> M6s, but I know that that is less likely to happen if I am using a
> relatively new M6 than it is if I am using an M3 from 1954 - it's just
a sad
> fact of life.
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