Leica Comments on M8 Quality Issues

[P. J. Alling]

Hey, All I was commenting on was Frank's ambiguous post...

Paul Stenquist wrote:
> Leica, of course. They've been teetering on the edge for quite some  
> time. An M8 failure could be the grand finale.
> Paul
> On Nov 10, 2006, at 6:11 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
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>>> No wonder they're on the edge of bankruptcy...
>>>       
>> Epson or Leica?
>>
>> frank theriault wrote:
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>>> On 11/10/06, Shel Belinkoff <scbelinkoff at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> Don't forget the banding issue <LOL>
>>>>
>>>> I can understand Frank's comments, although he may have been very  
>>>> strong in
>>>> his wording to make his point.  But I agree - Leica should have  
>>>> been able
>>>> to produce better results the first time around, but they may  
>>>> have been
>>>> under pressure to release the camera with less than adequate  
>>>> testing.
>>>> Still, they've had years to work on this.  At one point Leica  
>>>> even said
>>>> that a digital rangefinder was not even possible, but then the  
>>>> Epson came
>>>> out - a few years ago.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Well, yeah, like I said, hyperbole to make my point...  <LOL>
>>>
>>> But, as you said, Epson managed to do it a couple of years ago, and I
>>> don't know that they had problems with fringing or banding or
>>> whatever, and it cost a hell of a lot less.
>>>
>>> No wonder they're on the edge of bankruptcy...
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> frank
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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