Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/28

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Subject: [Leica] VF Upgrade to my M6TTL
From: mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura)
Date: Sun Mar 28 16:27:45 2004
References: <009a01c4122a$80b97260$6e05a8c0@mbms><p05111000bc88f3ac2db0@[192.168.0.4]> <4063517C.7080304@cox.net><p05111002bc8906929bbf@[192.168.50.16]> <40648D56.7010706@cox.net>

>Yes, I know it's been around for a while, but what is the source and 
>is it accurate?....your repeating the old archived messages actually 
>doesn't make the information they contain correct....
>
>Is there a verifiable source? And if so what?

Personal experience? My first M7 was 285xxxx and flared badly. It 
also ended up jamming and Leica  replaced it on the spot for a 
288xxxx model, which has no flare and works like a charm.

What do you want? A press release from Leica? They're not willing to 
discuss this issue officially for obvious reasons.

Anyway, it's not all 288xxxxx cameras, some early 288xxxx seem to 
have the older finder. As Leica assumedly has serial numbers that 
only ascend by date, that would mean 287xxxx would also be the older 
finder.

Stephen Gandy, Rich Pinto, Kit McChesney et al. only have new stock 
M7s, so if you buy new from them, you shouldn't have a problem.

KN


-- 
Karen Nakamura
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/

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