Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bud wrote: >Ted, I would normally defer to your superior experience and wisdom. >But...While IIABWFI is a good basic principle, isn't there a certain period >of time - let's say 10 years - beyond which the odds favor a disaster if the >camera hasn't been CLAed?...Isn't it called preventative maintenance?>>>>> Hi Bud, Your right, but in the case of my M6 cameras they haven't been touched since purchased new in 1985, other than the quick check at a Leica clinic. Shutter speeds and rf, each time they have been right on the mark. Actually the technicians are quite surprised at how accurate they are after 13 years use by a working photographer.. They have been used in the hottest of tropics and the highest of the arctic at 50 below zero and always functioned without miss. I realize there could come a day when one or the other crash due to not being cleaned or whatever. But I have an aversion to breaking them open when they are working fine just because it is percieved they should be cleaned. Therefore, "why fix them, if they're not broke?" And yes I may rue the day they haven't been CLA'd, but I always "listen" to my cameras whichever ones they are when I'm shooting, and almost by instinct, know when it doesn't sound right. So far they've been working OK. So the great Leica Keeper in the sky may have a kind hearted gaurdian hand over me and my Leicas and I wont loose a bunch of images due to lack of CLA! :) ted Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant