ZeissFan
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I think I gave a rather curt answer to your first inquiry.
Sherm makes a good point. And to build on what he said, give some thought about which camera you really would like to buy. If it's the M7 that you really want, then don't settle for anything less.
Buying anything else could be a waste of money, because it's very likely that at some point, you'll end up with an M7. And if you buy a Bessa R2A/R3A or the Zeiss Ikon first, you will eventually sell it -- at a loss -- and then buy the M7.
Nearly any camera can have some kind of problem out of the box. Much can happen after the camera leaves the factory. It's at the mercy of the roughest handler in the delivery system. It might get very gentle treatment, or the box of cameras might be slammed onto a container ship or toppled over while being separated from other boxes.
A perusal of Internet groups will turn up complaints about the Leica MP arriving with viewfinders afflicted with internal dust. As well, there were quite a few reports of new Canon Digital Rebel owners finding that their camera had a considerable amount of dust on the sensor out of the box.
However, I will concede that Cosina has developed a poor reputation for rangefinder calibration. Whether reports of rangefinder problems with the Zeiss Ikon is a result of shipping issues or continued poor assembly and poor quality control by Cosina workers isn't yet clear. Maybe a combination.
But the issues appear to have human error involved rather than poor design.
Sherm makes a good point. And to build on what he said, give some thought about which camera you really would like to buy. If it's the M7 that you really want, then don't settle for anything less.
Buying anything else could be a waste of money, because it's very likely that at some point, you'll end up with an M7. And if you buy a Bessa R2A/R3A or the Zeiss Ikon first, you will eventually sell it -- at a loss -- and then buy the M7.
Nearly any camera can have some kind of problem out of the box. Much can happen after the camera leaves the factory. It's at the mercy of the roughest handler in the delivery system. It might get very gentle treatment, or the box of cameras might be slammed onto a container ship or toppled over while being separated from other boxes.
A perusal of Internet groups will turn up complaints about the Leica MP arriving with viewfinders afflicted with internal dust. As well, there were quite a few reports of new Canon Digital Rebel owners finding that their camera had a considerable amount of dust on the sensor out of the box.
However, I will concede that Cosina has developed a poor reputation for rangefinder calibration. Whether reports of rangefinder problems with the Zeiss Ikon is a result of shipping issues or continued poor assembly and poor quality control by Cosina workers isn't yet clear. Maybe a combination.
But the issues appear to have human error involved rather than poor design.
