Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 18:26 18/11/98 +-100, you wrote: > > >Anybody know the production number that separates problematic R4's from the non-problematic? I was told above 153xxx by some. 16xxx by others. Is an R4 from 1982 in the safety zone? > ########## I was told by a leica rep that all the R4 bodies with a SN engraved on the base instead of on the rear edge of the base had had problems or will have problems. My advise is : not to buy a R4 but a R4s-2 (or -P).The R4s-2 has a reliable simplified electronics and a reliable new switch-over (from spot to integral metering)selector. Dominique Pellissier