[Leica] Re: Some Leica it HOT !

["Miro Jurcevic" <miroj@ozemail.com.au>]

I can assure you that the F-cam inside the lense is as lame as it can
possibly be and still be mistaken for a Leica. Over a 4 second exposure the
iris just seems to slip closed to about 50%-80%.  I have 3 lenses and they
are two stops out at f=22. At f=11 the iris responds to opening during
exposure.

Now tell me .... what are the odds of being sold 3 cameras in one week, all
by Leica 'experts' and not one of them arrived without the need for repair.
One of them was even done through Ebay. You can imagine what is going on in
my head. " There are clowns out there artificially maintaining camera prices
and not usefully maintaining camera equipment ". I wish only photographers
were allowed to sell Leica. Sydney Australia is full of these snobby clowns
with self styled Leica selling pedistals.

If any person coming for the 2000 Olympics is going to bring Leica ......
don't even think about leaving any of it for repair. Bring extra.


- ----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: Some Leica it HOT !


> Miro,
>
> I am certainly no R expert but what you describe sounds like a lens
> problem. Every SLR I have seen basically releases pressure on the
> diapharam actuating arm and the speed of the lens diaphram closing is
> dependent upon the internals of the lens.
>
> Do you have more than one lens to try this?
>
>
> Dennis
>
>
> Miro Jurcevic wrote:
> >
> > OK, I did the sensible thing. I got some lenses first and then went on
the
> > trail for a body. I got the R series over Blad's and the M's.
> >
> > The first body, an R4, came from Ebay with no rear seals, the second, an
R4S
> > came with a seriuosly useless and flaking bayonet. Obviously I was
scraping
> > the bottom of the barrel here. $300 - $400 USD was not going to buy any
> > serious Leica body. That's what they cost me and I was going nowhere.
The
> > cameras were going back to the sellers (retailers on mail order).
> >
> > I took two more precautions. Spend more money and do it in person.
> >
> > I bought a mintish R7, mucho grande, for about $1,040 USD in a box with
a
> > new strap. Showed my trophy to an old friend in the magazine trade. Took
it
> > home and despite my lung twisting flu, thought that I finally saw the
light
> > at the end of the tunnel.
> >
> > Whilst playing with the lenses in f22 mode and on 4 seconds, I noticed
that
> > the iris was only half closed and then two thirds, I checked for manual
> > mode, then stopped it down manually. Sure enough I picked my third lemon
in
> > a week.
> >
> > It's enough to make me want a 'blad.
>