MAC, the US importer has a bad reputation. They got all over Robert White
about sending Mamiya cameras to US customers at a substantial discount from
their "Suggested Retail" and got the source shut off.
Not nice people, but highly financially motivated.
Bill Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Flash meters: was: Sleep to Shot timing
(was"OlympusE-P1review on DPR")
>I think it is just a matter of luck (or bad luck), I purchased the L328F in
> 1991 and it is still working well. At that time the Olympus film camera
> and
> Sekonic light meter was carried by the same distributor (Kingstone
> Development Co.) here in Hong Kong, their service was very good.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sue Pearce"
>
>>I have an older Minolta meter that has been flawless, unlide the Sekonic
>> that failed within minutes of the expiration of the warranty, and was
>> treated like crap by MAC.
>>
>> I underssstand that someone bought the meter line from Minolta and is
>> making
>> them again. I'd do it in a minute. I'd even look at good used examples
>> from
>> KEH.
>>
>> Billl PEarce
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joel Wilcox"
>>
>> Thanks, Chuck, I think you' ve written about this meter before, as I
>> discovered it's in my B&H wishlist already. I guess I was hoping that
>> if I left it there long enough the price would go down, but no such
>> luck!
>>
>> Joel W.
>
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