Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17

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Subject: [Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right"
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Fri Nov 17 15:12:03 2006
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At 11:56 PM +0100 11/17/06, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>So you're saying that any other Leica could have taken that beating up?
>

Not really, but any other Leica wouldn't have separated from the 
strap like that! Eyelets that stay attached to the body are pretty 
much essential.

>
>Op 17-nov-06, om 23:49 heeft Henning Wulff het volgende geschreven:
>
>>At 11:27 PM +0100 11/17/06, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>>>What made you so unhappy with the M4-2?
>>>It was my first Leica, and a whole world opened up to me. Never 
>>>left me in shame.
>>>
>>>Philippe
>>
>>Quite a few things. Quality control was not up to expectations. I'd 
>>bought it pretty much as soon as it came out, and the winder for it 
>>that arrived shortly after. The less said about the winder the 
>>better. It was truly terrible; Eumig and Leica should hang their 
>>head in shame for producing that!
>>
>>The M4-2 was in the shop a couple of times immediately after I 
>>bought it. Fortunately the shop at that time was very close and 
>>responsive, so I had it back  quickly. The wind mechanism bound, 
>>the rangefinder adjustment was somewhat loose so that every little 
>>bump caused it to go off.
>>
>>Then, on a little trip that included Crater Lake in Oregon, I was 
>>shooting with a 35 Summicron on the M4-2 and a Hologon on an M4, 
>>and also with a Konica T-something with tele lens, and after 
>>shooting with the M4-2 I let it drop as it was slung from a strap 
>>off my left shoulder, and instead of stopping when it reached the 
>>length of the strap, it just kept on going....and going.... It hit 
>>the first rocks, bounced and hit some more rocks. About 20 feet 
>>down it stopped. The camera had serious damage, and so did the 
>>Summicron. The eyelet had pulled out of the body.
>>
>>Leica gave me a new M4-2 and Summicron. I sold the M4-2 and the 
>>stupid winder and didn't buy another Leica until the M6 was out a 
>>number of years.

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