Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25

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Subject: [Leica] An R series question
From: alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Sat Sep 25 19:22:53 2004
References: <BCF7B088.188D9%telyt@earthlink.net>
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] An R series question


SNIP
> A word of caution with the R4 through R6 and possibly R7 bodies: the tripod
> mount is a weak point.  A blow to the camera when mounted on a tripod, or a
> tripod tiooing over, can break the tripod mount out of the camera's main
> casting.  This in not economical to repair; I should be receiving my 2nd
> free R body with broken main casting (this one an RE) in a few weeks.
> 

The depth of field lever on the R 4-7 is another weak point.  

Regards,
Akhil
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