Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow. I guess I got the good junk camera. My M4 survived an Iraqi insurgent mortar attack during which it impacted the ground very hard, had the winder mechanism overwound & stripped. Myself and a machinist from my unit repaired the winder to operational condition (Leica repair in Iraq is non-existant...) THEN on retrograde movement out of theater it was flooded with Atlantic seawater. Even after those severe episodes of damage, the rangefinder worked flawlessly with no adjustments necessary. CLA'd and repaired by Sherry K and it's never skipped a beat. If it can survive combat in the harshest environment that the military is deployed to, then that junk is good enough for me. PhilFo On Tuesday 23 October 2007 19:17, Marc James Small wrote: > At 06:56 PM 10/23/2007, Leonard Taupier wrote: > >I also love the M4. Which is why I omitted the first half of Marc's > >last sentence. > > Clearly, Len, you have never owned one. I have > owned three. All were junk and required CONSTANT > attention to RF adjustments and the like. These > were all Wetzlar products made shortly after > Leitz suffered the retirement of its disabled > WWII workforce. I have heard that the > Canadian-built cameras were of much better quality and reliability. > > As a basic word of advice: the M4 is just junk. Avoid it at all costs. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information