Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/30

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Subject: [Leica] why is the R4 so cheap?
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Fri Apr 30 09:13:24 2004
References: <20040430121125.GB8213@panix.com> <000001c42eb9$8572b090$6501a8c0@dorysrusp4>
 
don is most insightful.  i tried the DOF lever and--lo and behold!--
it stuck!!  it was easy enough to unstick, but amusing nevertheless
for don's ability to predict.

-rei


On Apr30 09:46, Don Dory wrote:
> Rei,
> R4's are relatively cheap for reasons the other respondent mentioned; no
> advantage over R3 with no TTL as the R5.
> 
> Even though most have been fixed, the mechanics and electronics are just
> not reliable by Leica standards.  I have had my R4 overhauled once and
> it has been back twice again for things like DOF levers that stick, foam
> that fails, motors that won't work.
> 
  ...

-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey
In reply to: Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] why is the R4 so cheap?)
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