On 7/8/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >Something like 70% of the CL cameras delivered from Minolta evidently >needed substantial rework before they were ready to ship. That plus >the breakages on the meter mechanism just ate all the profit out of >the effort and also meant they had to price them higher than they had >planned. Minolta was evidently somewhat intractable regards >manufacturing quality control improvements, and ultimately Leica >cancelled the deal completely as it was costing them too much. > >I have this on good authority from someone very close to the head of >Leica from that time.
Just FYI, you may or may not find these ramblings interesting: <http://www.cameraquest.com/leicacl.htm> scroll down to: Leica CL Production Mystery Solved - - or at least part of it Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
