Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: R help
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 07:23:57 -0700

Sorry Ken and Jim, that should read "Jim wrote". Asleep at the wheel again.

John Collier

> From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
> 
> My Leica distributor charges almost double to CLA the R4 "Mk-5" (first 1000
> cameras) and only provides a 3 month warranty while the R4 "Mk-9", R4s, R4s-2,
> R4s-P and the rest of the R cameras receive the more usual 12 month warranty.
> I have heard only anecdotal evidence against the R3 which it compensates for
> by being much cheaper to buy. If I was getting into the R line I would be
> tempted to start with a carefully checked out R3 which I would repair by
> replacement if something went wrong.
> 
> John Collier
> 
>> From: christian becker <8fps@gmx.de>
>>> Ken wrote: 
>>> R3 and R4 less reliable than those mentioned above.<
>> 
>> AHEM! What sort of knowledge is this comment based on?
>> Personal experience? Poll? Lots of friends who whined 'bout their broken
>> R3s and R4s? Heard from someone who knows a guy who's friend had a broken R3
>> sometime ago? Statistics? Mean value? Standard deviation?
>> 
>> There is definitely no reliable source of information to support this
>> conclusion. 
>>