Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Roy, >I recall some discussions about the relative quality of the various R4 >permutations with some consensus that the later version (R4S) was a [snip] The R4 was made from 1980-1986 and the R4-S from 1983-1985. I think that you are correct that some of the early R4's had some problems. I think that the R4-S was manufactured after the problems were corrected. There was a post of the LUG of the serial number after which the correction apparantly took place. I have looked for it but can't put my hands on it. I have had two R4's and have never had any trouble with them. The R4-S only has aperture and manual exposure methods - the R4 those and program and shutter. I virtually used only aperture exposure and would have been happy with the R4-S. Dick Hemingway Norman, OK