Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >The f/stop ring on the "new" 135 apo is so sloppy it reminds me > of 1946 Jap > >camera construction. > > Err... didn't we have a big huge flame war about how the term J*p is > considered a racial slur by many (including myself)? > > I'm (barely) willing to put up with the sexist nonsense on this list, > but can we cut it out with the racist ones? Here here. On top of which I would have said 1990's US anything construction instead of 1946 Japanese construction. When I moved to N America 15 years ago from Europe, I couldn't believe how crappy most of the consumer mechanical goods manufactured across here were. Poor design (often lacking any kind of design) and poor workmanship (and I'm not talking about "made in china" products). tim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html