Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting, DOF lever on mine works just fine and has always worked properly. Overall I had one failure with my R4SP and that was after 13 years - last year. Sent it to Leica NJ and it was fixed in one week, and has been just fine since. I also had a R3MOT and it had temperature problems, did not like cold weather, and was a huge chunk of a camera. The R4 is much smaller and more user friendly, so I got rid of the R3MOT. Gene |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> | | Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> | | | Sent by: | | | lug-bounces+grduprey=rockwellcollins.com@leic| | | a-users.org | | | | | | | | | 04/30/2004 11:13 AM | | | Please respond to Leica Users Group | | | | |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> | | cc: | | Subject: Re: [Leica] why is the R4 so cheap? | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| don is most insightful. i tried the DOF lever and--lo and behold!-- it stuck!! it was easy enough to unstick, but amusing nevertheless for don's ability to predict. -rei On Apr30 09:46, Don Dory wrote: > Rei, > R4's are relatively cheap for reasons the other respondent mentioned; no > advantage over R3 with no TTL as the R5. > > Even though most have been fixed, the mechanics and electronics are just > not reliable by Leica standards. I have had my R4 overhauled once and > it has been back twice again for things like DOF levers that stick, foam > that fails, motors that won't work. > ... -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information