Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny, At last count I have bought, over the years, 14 new bodies from Nikon, starting with the F2 and none have been defective. The only model I had some problem with, after 10 years of use was the FG. Those I still have still work flawlessly. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/11/08, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > However that combined with the rather alarming number of units which > > arrive dead or defective, has me hesitant to make the switch. > > > Do we know what percentage that is? Do we even know how many M8's are > out > there? > > My guess is thta we hear the horror stories because we stand on the right > street corner to hear the news. I dunno, and would be interested in how > many Oly, Nikon, Pentax and Canon get sent back. > > I only bought one other new Leica, an M6, and it had a dead counter out of > the box. > > Biggest problem in this regard is that most cameras these days are not > sold > from stock, but drop shipped from the distributor. The dealer has to > depend > on statistics for quality control.. > > That has been the case for some time. It works to some extent, but when > the > dealer doesn't get to check it out like the old days, the opportunity for > a > crash is much higher. > > (You can tell I'm feeling better these days, huh? I'm walking really > good, > with my new knees. ) > > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >