Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Top plate, not topple. Spell check did it Bill Satterfield wrote: > This is the reason I have not bought a M7. Waiting in them to fix > this, the ISO loose dial problem, the advance lever locking up > problem, the battery cover popping off problem. the blinking in the > viewfinder when in non ISO mode problem and one or two others I can > not recall. I will be first in line when they address and resolve > these problems. Also, rumor has it they may becoming out with an > engraved topple. > > Stuart Phillips wrote: > >> I notice in the specs for the M7, that the viewfinder window is coated. >> Haven't noticed this in any other specs. I wonder if this is germane >> to the >> flare issue. I don't like the idea of "Leica is working on this". This >> translates as either we all buy new cameras, someone else will >> benefit in >> the future, or we all retrofit new rangefinders. I know people do >> this, but >> it's a pretty bizarre idea unless you're putting a new rangefinder >> into an >> M2 for example. >> >> http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/msystem/vergleich/index_e.html >> >> (At the bottom under mescellaneous) >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 8:43 AM >> Subject: RE: [Leica] finder flare >> >> >>> This is a VERY funny post, Daniel - "Word is Leica won't leave us in a >>> >> bind >> >>> here. They know about it. Give them six more months." >>> >>> Daniel, they've know about it since 8?, when the M6 came out. People on >>> >> this >> >>> list have been complaining about it on and off for all the years >>> I've been >>> here - check the archives. This is a problem as old as the M6 which >>> Leica >>> has, up until recently, either ignored or denied. >>> B. D. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Daniel >>> Ridings >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 8:28 AM >>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>> Subject: RE: [Leica] finder flare >>> >>> >>>> Peter - I don't believe anyone has contended that the rangefinder >>>> flare >>>> problem is related to any of the cameras you mention. It is an M6-M7 >>>> problem, which, >>>> >>> Or an M3 that got "repaired" problem ... >>> >>> Word has it that Leica will not leave us in a bind here. They know >>> about >>> it. Give them about 6 more months (last I heard). >>> >>> Daniel Ridings >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >> >> -- >> 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 > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html